Watch online on www.arte.tv Recorded at Hamburgische Staatsoper: Main Hall, Hamburg, Germany

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Monday 29 December 2025

19:30

On demand from Monday 29 December 2025 19:30
to Saturday 31 January 2026 23:59

Programme

The Nutcracker

Music: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
Choreography: Marius Petipa (Original), Lev Ivanov (Original), John Neumeier

Performers

Hamburg Ballet
Simon Hewett	Conductor
Jürgen Rose	Set Designer
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg

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