The Nutcracker at the Opera House

Tchaikovsky's Christmas ballet is on at the Opera House on 21 days in December, in the staging Wayne Eagling and Tamás Solymosi made for the Hungarian National Ballet. Nothing is sung, so there is nothing to translate.

About the event

It replaced a production the house had run for more than half a century, and it was the first time the Hungarian National Ballet had an artist of that standing build a full-length work around the company. Beáta Vavrinecz designed the sets and Nóra Rományi the costumes, classical in tradition but made for twenty-first-century dance and stagecraft. The first act runs from a family party at the Stahlbaum house into Marie's dream, where the Nutcracker beats the Mouse King. The second is the journey to the Snow Crystal Palace and a run of character dances. It lasts two and a half hours with one interval, and the Opera does not recommend it for children under six. Tickets are sold on the Opera's own website.

Dates and times

• Tuesday 1 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Thursday 3 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Saturday 5 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Sunday 6 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Tuesday 8 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Thursday 10 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Saturday 12 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Monday 14 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Tuesday 15 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Thursday 17 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Saturday 19 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Sunday 20 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Monday 21 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Tuesday 22 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Thursday 24 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Friday 25 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Saturday 26 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Sunday 27 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Monday 28 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Tuesday 29 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December
• Thursday 31 December19:00 on 1, 3, 8, 10, 14 and 15 December, 11:00 and 18:00 on 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 26 and 29 December, 11:00 on 19, 20, 24, 25 and 27 December, 18:00 on 17 and 28 December, and 13:00 and 21:00 on 31 December

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