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Classics for Children - Audio Dramas with Music, Episode 1: The Nutcracker (ungekürzt)
- Author
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- Amor Audiobook
- Publish Date
- 20 February 2026
- Run Time
- 45 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Pyotr Tchaikovsky
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 20 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9783692120300
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Amor Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dance, ballet
Synopsis
"The Nutcracker" is a full-cast audio drama, presented as an exciting adventure for children, featuring famous melodies, exquisite themes and outstanding voice actors. On Christmas Eve, Clara receives a nutcracker from her godfather, Drosselmeyer. That night she dreams that the nutcracker is fighting alongside toy soldiers against the Mouse King's army. Clara helps the nutcracker and it transforms into a prince. Together they journey to the Land of Sweets and celebrate a marvellous festival with the Sugar Plum Fairy. It was all just a wonderful dream - or was it...? Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer whose ballets "Swan Lake", "The Sleeping Beauty" and "The Nutcracker" became cornerstones of the repertoire. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and later taught in Moscow, developing a melodic style that blends Western forms with Russian colour. His music gained international acclaim during his lifetime and he conducted the premiere of his "Symphony No. 6 'Pathétique'" in 1893 shortly before his death.
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