The Nutcracker is an 1892 two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". ▶️ More from Tchaikovsky: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLO09Th4dLYVlIvoB8xErShIMa2qGD-4Fv 🔔 Subscribe to The Wicked North for the very best in classical music: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheWickedNorth #ClassicalMusic #Tchaikovsky