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18th December 1892: Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker first performed

18th December 2018
Tagged as: America, Ballet, Composer, Culture, Dance, Music, Russia, USA

On the 18^th December 1892, Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker received its première performance at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

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