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The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик; English: The Nutcracker) is a two-act classical ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is based on Alexandre Dumas’s adaptation of the story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King by German author E. T. A. Hoffmann. It was first performed in December 1892 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Over time, re-staged with various choreographic interpretations, The Nutcracker has become one of the most recognized works in the cl