Watch Party: The Nutcracker

Find out the best way to get festive spirit by hosting a watch party of The Nutcracker.

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Get ready to watch

Watch this fantastical, festive performance with friends and family around the world from 6.30pm GMT on Tuesday 10 December 2024.

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All-star cast

Find out more about the performers and the creatives who bring the story to life. You can also access a detailed synopsis, written by choreographer Peter Wright.

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Nutcracker Quiz

Try your hand at some Nutcracker-themed trivia before the performance starts. You can click the + button to reveal the answers.

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The music for The Nutcracker was written by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky, but who wrote the original story?

E. T. A. Hoffman

The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, but when was the ballet first performed in London?

It was first performed in London in 1934.

How do our technical teams carry out the scene change as the characters go into the Land of Sweets?

Rather than moving scenery side to side across the stage, the backdrop is rapidly pulled through a tiny hole in the stage floor!

Give the gift of Christmas

If you enjoyed watching The Nutcracker, why not gift yourself or someone else a memento of the performance? Watch party viewers get 10% discount in the Royal Opera House Shop. Simply enter YRBOStream24 at the checkout.

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