The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King

The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816, by Ernst Hoffmann in which young Clairea Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls. In 1892, the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographers Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov turned Alexandre Dumas p�re's adaptation of the story into the ballet The Nutcracker, which became one of Tchaikovsky's most famous compositions, and perhaps the most popular ballet in the world.
Sign up to use

Reviews

Photo of D.
D.@travelling_bookworm
3 stars
Jan 29, 2024
Photo of Courtney
Courtney@courtacademia
5 stars
Apr 28, 2023
Photo of em 🍂
em 🍂@em_in_a_new_realm
5 stars
Dec 24, 2022
Photo of Nicole
Nicole@starstudded
4 stars
Dec 14, 2021
Photo of Lisa-Marie King
Lisa-Marie King@liixyz
3 stars
Nov 16, 2021
Photo of adria
adria@likeareader
4 stars
Nov 9, 2021
Photo of Tamara
Tamara@starthepiratequeen
4 stars
Sep 8, 2021
Photo of Lorien O'Brien
Lorien O'Brien@lorienkittybooks
3 stars
Aug 31, 2021