The Nutcracker - International Festival Ballet & Festival Orchestra

Name: The Nutcracker - International Festival Ballet & Festival Orchestra
Start: 2026-12-30T14:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-30T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart

Wed, 30 Dec 2026 · 14:30

Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart, Germany

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The Nutcracker - International Festival Ballet & Festival Orchestra — Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart, Stuttgart

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The ballet "The Nutcracker" performed by International Festival Ballet & Festival Orchestra takes place on 30 December 2026 at 14:30 at Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart. This performance is one of nine German dates for Der Nussknacker. Liederhalle is Stuttgart's principal concert and congress centre, opened in 1956 to designs by architects Adolf Abel and Rolf Gutbrod. The complex houses three halls - Beethoven-Saal, Mozart-Saal, and Silcher-Saal - and regularly hosts orchestral concerts and congresses.

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About: Der Nussknacker

Tchaikovsky's 1892 Christmas ballet follows young Clara through a dream world of warring toys and dancing sweets, set to one of the most recognizable scores in classical music - from the March and Waltz of the Snowflakes to the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

most frequently performed ballet in the world

~40%

share of annual ticket revenue for large US ballet companies

$84M+

US Nutcracker ticket revenue in 2024 (large companies, per Dance/USA)

+18%

US attendance growth 2022-2024 (large companies, per Dance/USA)

What's new

dec 2025
Tickets for the Bolshoi Theatre's December 2025 Nutcracker run sold out within two hours of going on sale, prompting the theatre to introduce an auction system and named e-tickets to combat scalpers.
dec 2025
According to Dance/USA data reported in December 2025, US Nutcracker ticket revenue for large ballet companies rose from $57M to over $84M between 2022 and 2024, with attendance up 18%.
2026
The Grand Classic Ballet toured The Nutcracker across dozens of German cities from January 2026, including Oberhausen, Munich, Stuttgart, Bochum, Magdeburg, Berlin and Bonn.

Tour

LeipzigHamburgBerlinMünchenStuttgartOberhausenBochumHagenMainzMagdeburgWeimarDuisburgIngolstadtBremenBonnRadolfzell

Tracks

Tanz der Zuckerfee (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy)Act II centrepiece, featuring the celesta - one of the most recognized pieces in classical music

Blumenwalzer (Waltz of the Flowers)Grand Act II divertissement, a staple of concert programmes worldwide

Schneeflockenwalzer (Waltz of the Snowflakes)Act I finale, iconic corps de ballet set piece

Marsch (March)Opening Act I number, instantly recognizable holiday theme

Nussknacker-Suite Op. 71aEight-movement orchestral suite compiled by Tchaikovsky before the ballet's premiere; featured in Disney's Fantasia (1940)

About the venue: Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle Stuttgart

The Liederhalle is Stuttgart's principal concert and congress centre, opened in 1956 and designed by architects Adolf Abel and Rolf Gutbrod. It comprises three halls – the large Beethoven-Saal, the Mozart-Saal and the Silcher-Saal – and hosts orchestral concerts, congresses, galas and major cultural events. The building is considered a landmark example of post-war modernist architecture in Germany.

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