Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet)
Details
| Title | Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker (The Royal Ballet) |
| Author | Royal Ballet and Opera |
| Duration | 2:40 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=zV1qLYukTH8 |
Description
Lauren Cuthbertson performs the famous Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, set to Tchaikovsky's iconic score.
Peter Wright’s enchanting production of The Nutcracker will be performed at the Royal Opera House 22 November 2025–5 January 2026. Book tickets now – https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-nutcracker-peter-wright-details
The Nutcracker is available to watch now – along with over 80 other extraordinary productions – on Royal Ballet and Opera Stream. Watch the whole performance now at https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-nutcracker-2022-digital
Peter Wright’s nigh-on definitive production for The Royal Ballet ranks as one of the most enduring and enchanting versions of The Nutcracker. With its festive period setting, dancing snowflakes and enchanting stage magic, Lev Ivanov’s 1892 ballet has become the perfect Christmas entertainment, with Tchaikovsky’s sumptuous, sugar-spun music the most recognizable of all ballet scores.
Loosely based on the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann, the ballet opens with the lively Christmas party that is hosted by the Stahlbaum family, its Victorian setting captured in opulent detail by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s designs. Wright’s choreography ingeniously incorporates surviving fragments of the ballet’s original material, including the sublime pas de deux for the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Prince. But in emphasizing the relationship between Clara and the Nutcracker Prince, the production also gains a touching subtext of first love.
