The Nutcracker – A Christmas Carol at the State Opera
Christmas without Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is hard to imagine. In the 2025/2026 season, the State Opera will present the beloved ballet The Nutcracker – A Christmas Story, directed and choreographed by Youri Vàmos, this time with new stage and costume design.
Sunday
12/27/2026
7:00 PM
The State Opera Prague
Praha
490 - 1490 CZK
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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