Act I

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Act I is the opening section of Tchaikovsky’s ballet *The Nutcracker*, introducing the Christmas Eve setting and the characters whose magical adventures drive the story.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Act I canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet act ⓘ
basedOn The Nutcracker and the Mouse King ⓘ
basedOnAuthor E. T. A. Hoffmann ⓘ
choreographyOriginal Lev Ivanov ⓘ
Marius Petipa ⓘ
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
containsEvent Christmas Eve party ⓘ
Clara receives the Nutcracker ⓘ
Nutcracker’s transformation into a prince ⓘ
Nutcracker’s victory ⓘ
battle with the Mouse King ⓘ
gift-giving ⓘ
transformation of Christmas tree ⓘ
containsMusicNumber A Pine Forest in Winter ⓘ
linked to: Snowy Wood

Children’s Galop and Entry of the Parents ⓘ
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (in some concert suites, Act II in full ballet) ⓘ
Departure of the Guests ⓘ
Grandfather Dance ⓘ
March ⓘ
Overture ⓘ
The Battle ⓘ
Waltz of the Snowflakes ⓘ
linked to: Snowflake Waltz
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire ⓘ
endsWith Waltz of the Snowflakes ⓘ
linked to: Snowflake Waltz
genre Romantic ballet ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
introducesCharacter Clara ⓘ
Drosselmeyer ⓘ
linked to: Drosselmeier

Fritz ⓘ
Mouse King ⓘ
Nutcracker ⓘ
languageOfLibretto Russian ⓘ
leadsTo Act II (The Nutcracker) ⓘ
librettist Marius Petipa ⓘ
mainCharacter Clara ⓘ
Drosselmeyer ⓘ
linked to: Drosselmeier

Fritz ⓘ
Marie ⓘ
Mouse King ⓘ
Nutcracker ⓘ
linked to: The Nutcracker
narrativeFunction depicts Christmas party ⓘ
introduction of setting and characters ⓘ
presents battle between toy soldiers and mice ⓘ
orchestrationBy Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ
partOf The Nutcracker ⓘ
premiereCity Saint Petersburg ⓘ
premiereDate 1892-12-18 ⓘ
premierePlace Mariinsky Theatre ⓘ
settingPlace Stahlbaum family home ⓘ
settingTime Christmas Eve ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clara (The Nutcracker) → appearsInAct → Act I ⓘ
subject linked to: Clara in The Nutcracker