In 1999, exactly 107 years – to the day – after the first performance in St Petersburg, Patrice Bart’s choreography of Tchaikovsky’s worldwide success The Nutcracker premiered at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. Bart placed a prologue before the ballet, in which Marie is abducted as a child and in which everything is placed in a modern context.

Live from the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin, 1999

Choreography by Patrice Bart
Based on the original choreography by Marius Petipa
Stage and costume designer: Luisa Spinatelli

Cast:
- Mary: Nadja Saidakova
- Le Prince Casse Noisette: Vladimir Malakhov
- Drosselmeyer: Oliver Matz
- Reine des Glaces: Beatrice Knop
- Reine des Neiges: Viara Natcheva

Sound Formats: PCM Stereo
Running Time: 118 mins
Picture Format: 16:9
Region free
Resolution: 1080i High Definition (Upscale)
Blu-ray Disc 25 GB (Single Layer)
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