Salzburger Marionettentheater - Der Nussknacker

The Nutcracker
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

Ballet after the Fairy Tale “Nutcracker and Mouse King” by E. T. A. Hoffmann

1 hour 35 minutes

Summery in German and English

Director
Klaus Gmeiner

newly adapted in 2017 by
Philippe Brunner
Michaela Obermayr
Johannes Stepanek

Choreography
Johannes Stepanek after Leonard Salaz / Sylvia Wenschau

Set design
Günther Schneider-Siemssen

Costumes
Marie Luise Walek

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Ernest Ansermet, conductor
Decca, recording

program

Der Nussknacker
Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowski
Ballett in zwei Teilen op. 71 nach dem Märchen „Nussknacker und Mausekönig“ von E. T. A. Hoffmann

Place

In 1893, the old-established Kaltenhausen brewery built "a restaurant and function-rooms" in the Schwarzstrasse, between the Lasser Villa (now the Mozarteum) and the theatre. The architect was Carl Demel, the master builder Valentin Ceconi. In 1897 these function-rooms were converted to the Mirabell Hotel. After World War II the Mirabell Casino was the principal tenant until 1968. Conversion work began in 1970, in order to give the Marionette Theatre a new playhouse. The former dining-room of the Mirabell Hotel was converted into an auditorium with a stage, and its rich decoration of stucco and frescoes is still impressive. There was similar stucco-work, though not quite so opulent, in the foyer, but unfortunately in the course of the 1970/71 conversion it was covered by a plasterboard ceiling. The stucco ceiling underneath was forgotten, to be rediscovered in 2000 when repairs were being carried out. In 2003 the foyer was restored to its original condition.