The Nutcracker – A Christmas Carol at the State Opera

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The Nutcracker is an inherent part of Christmas. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s phenomenal ballet enjoys great popularity among audiences worldwide. In the 2025/26 season, the Czech National Ballet has performed Yuri Vámos’s adaptation The Nutcracker - A Christmas Carol at the National Theatre, as well as at the State Opera.

The production at the State Opera is, however, differ from the original version by featuring new sets, designed by Martin Černý, and costumes created by Barbora Malenínská. Vámos’s choreography, direction and poetry remain the same. Ballet lovers thus be afforded more opportunities to see The Nutcracker – A Christmas Carol.

The National Theatre and State Opera performances is identical in all but visual terms. 

The Czech National Ballet soloists and corps de ballet
Czech Philharmonic Children’s Choir 
State Opera Orchestra

Cast

Scrooge Marek Svobodník, Mathias Deneux, Jiří Kodym

Bob Cratchit / Devil Matěj Šust, Robert Jerjen, Erivan Garioli

Klára Cratchitová / Clara in dream Alina Nanu, Haruka Iguchi, Aya Okumura

Policeman Bobbie / Nutcracker Patrik Holeček, Paul Irmatov, Federico Ievoli, Erivan Garioli

Mrs Cratchit / Christmas Fairy Nana Nakagawa, Aya Watanabe, Nina Fernandes

and others