Will Tuckett's Nutcracker for National Ballet of Japan is delightful

National Ballet of Japan in Will Tuckett's The Nutcracker

Yudai Fukuoka as Drosselmeyer, Yui Yonezawa as Clara and Takafumi Watanabe as the Nutcracker

National Ballet of Japan in Will Tuckett's The Nutcracker

Yui Yonezawa as Sugar Plum Fairy and Takafumi Watanabe as Nutcracker Prince in The Nutcracker

Von Naomi Mori, 24 Dezember 2025

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“colourful, funny and charming, a complete contrast to the stylish designs of Act 1”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, am 19 Dezember 2025

Der Nussknacker (Lev Ivanov, Will Tuckett)

National Ballet of Japan

Martin Yates, Musikalische Leitung

Misato Tomita, Musikalische Leitung

Colin Richmond, Bühnenbild, Kostüme

Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Tänzerisches Weihnachtsmärchen

Christine Roth, 18th December

Das russische klassische Staatsballett führte mit Tschaikowskis Nussknacker seine jungen und jung gebliebenen Zuschauer im Kongresshaus Heidelberg ausdrucksstark und in vollendeter Schönheit in die wundersame Welt der Weihnacht.

****1

Ein russisches Juwel: das Mariinski-Ballett gibt Schwanensee

Rosamaria Kostic Cisneros, 1st August

Das Mariinski-Ballett hält eine einzigartige Balance zwischen Technik, dramatischem Tanz und emotionaler Kraft.

*****

BRB’s The Nutcracker at the Royal Albert Hall is at its best

Deborah Weiss, 29th December

Sir Peter Wright’s beautiful Nutcracker ticks every box with Birmingham Royal Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

NEBT’s Nutcracker: pared down, efficient and exuberant

Deborah Weiss, 18th December

Valentino Zucchetti's Nutcracker for New English Ballet Theatre's may be economical on numbers but the cast make up for it in commitment.

***11

The Nutcracker in Buenos Aires brings joy for all age groups

Fátima Nollén, 16th December

Ballet Teatro Colón's production of The Nutcracker by Silvia Bazilis is a delight from start to finish, clearly aimed at engaging families.

****1

Candy-crazed: ENB’s sweet-toothed Nutcracker returns

Mark Pullinger, 11th December

Returning for its first anniversary, Arielle Smith and Aaron S Watkin’s Nutcracker for English National Ballet remains a feast for hungry eyes, despite its flaws.

***11

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Naomi Mori

Naomi is a blogger living in Tokyo and travels frequently to see ballet. She is a law graduate of Waseda University and a former film publicist, film critic and IT business researcher/strategist. She blogs at La Dolce Vita in Japanese. She tweets about ballet as @naomip_86. and takes ballet class regularly