The Royal Ballet: The Nutcracker

Marianela Núñez

The Sugar Plum Fairy

Marcelino Sambé

The Nutcracker

Vadim Muntagirov

The Prince

Anna Rose O'Sullivan

Clara

Gary Avis

Herr Drosselmeyer

David Yudes

Drosselmeyer’s assistant

Christopher Saunders

Dr Stahlbaum

Elizabeth McGorian

Mrs Stahlbaum

Luca Acri

Clara’s partner / Chinese dancer

Hannah Grennell

Grandmother / Spanish dancer

Alastair Marriott

Grandfather

Kristen McNally

Dancing mistress / Spanish dancer

Bennet Gartside

Captain

Benjamin Ella

Harlequin / Rose Fairy Escort

Elizabeth Harrod

Columbine

Paul Kay

Soldier / Russian dancer

Meaghan Grace Hinkis

Vivandière

Joonhyuk Jun

St Nicholas

Nicol Edmonds

Mouse King / Spanish dancer

Annette Buvoli

Spanish dancer

Erico Montes

Spanish dancer

Tomas Mock

Spanish dancer

Melissa Hamilton

Arabian dancer

Reece Clarke

Arabian dancer

Téo Dubreuil

Arabian dancer

David Donnelly

Arabian dancer

Leo Dixon

Chinese dancer

Kevin Emerton

Russian dancer

Fumi Kaneko

Rose Fairy

William Bracewell

Rose Fairy Escort

Tristan Dyer

Rose Fairy Escort

Valentino Zucchetti

Rose Fairy Escort

Claire Calvert

Itziar Mendizabal

Romany Pajdak

Beatriz Stix-Brunell

Isabella Gasparini

Ashley Dean

Emma Maguire

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Peter Wright

Choreographer

Mark Henderson

Lighting Design

Julia Trevelyan Oman

Art Designer

Пётр Чайковский

Music

Lev Ivanov

Choreographer

Barry Wordsworth

Conductor

Marius Petipa

Scenario Writer

Sergey Levitin

Orchestrator

Roland John Wiley

Production Consultant

Christopher Carr

Stage Director

E. T. A. Hoffmann

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