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The Egyptian Opera House continues its Christmas and New Year 2023 celebrations, as the Cairo Opera Ballet Company, under the supervision of its artistic director, Armenia Kamel, presents the masterpiece of the Russian author Tchaikovsky, the international ballet The Nutcracker directed by the late Dr. Abdel Moneim Kamel, accompanied by the Cairo Opera Orchestra, led by Maestro Nader Abbasi, in 5 performances on stage. The Grand at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays December 27, 28, 29, and 30, as well as a matinee at 2 p.m. Friday, December 30.
The Nutcracker Ballet is associated with Christmas and the New Year because of its charming atmosphere and interesting events, as well as portraying the ability of love to transform people’s destinies and influence events. It relies on the use of various artistic dazzling elements in addition to some visual tricks, as the story revolves around the dreams of the beautiful little girl Clara on Christmas Eve After receiving a Nutcracker doll from her family friend, the godfather and toy maker Drosselmer, as a gift for the new year, and admiring the toy that was accidentally destroyed by her brother Fritz, she becomes sad and goes to sleep to see that the toy has returned to its original state, then turns into a handsome prince. .
The decor was designed by Solodovnikov and Muhammad Al-Gharabawi, the lighting was designed by Yasser Shaalan, the graphics and mapping were designed by Muhammad Abdel-Razzaq.
It is noteworthy that the Nutcracker Ballet wrote its Russian music Tchaikovsky in 1891, inspired by one of the stories of the French writer Alexandre Dumas the Father, who in turn borrowed it from the novel The Nutcracker and the Mice King by Ernst Hoffmann. It was shown for the first time in 1892 at the Imperial Opera House in St. Cairo, where it was presented for the first time on the Grand Theater in 1993, and since that time it is shown annually in December to celebrate the New Year with the same designs of its artistic elements, including decorations, clothes, fashion, and music, in order to preserve its classic character.
