Don't snap: tickets for the main New Year's ballet are being swept away in Moscow again

Tickets to the Bolshoi are not the only option to get to the Nutcracker during the New Year holidays and on the eve of the holiday. Other theaters are offering their own productions, but there are almost no tickets left for the December screenings of The Nutcracker at the Kremlin Palace, which have increased in price by a quarter compared to last year. Prices for the Provincial Theater performance increased by 12%. The pricing policy at the RAMT has not been changed, where you need to pay from 1.5 to 15 thousand for a ballet. Tickets for the ice show "The Nutcracker" by Tatiana Navka are on sale for up to 17 thousand rubles. Sales for the version of Nikolai Tsiskaridze with the Academy of Russian Ballet are about to start. Izvestia studied New Year's offers and customer interest.

Travel at the price of a Big

You say "The Nutcracker", you imagine the Historical stage of the Bolshoi and the same big queue in the cold of those who want to fight for several days for tickets to the ballet. But since last year, they decided to fight speculators radically by raising prices and using the auction mechanism. We will find out how effective this practice is in November, when the country's main theater will announce the start of sales for The Nutcracker and, possibly, will offer an updated ticket purchase scheme. In the meantime, efficient theater-goers purchase tickets to ballets in other theaters.

Someone has determined for themselves that rather than spending a lot of money on a fairy tale in a Big One, it is better to go to St. Petersburg. A worthy alternative is a weekend in the Northern Capital and a trip to the Mariinsky or the Mikhailovsky Theater. If the first one is not yet selling The Nutcrackers, then the second one has already created a page with New Year's performances on the website. The ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky staged by Nacho Duato will be shown 22 times from December 16 to January 9! The main roles will be played by Angelina Vorontsova, Nikita Chetverikov, Priska Zeisel, Ernest Latypov, Valeria Zapasnikova, Guilherme Vicente. Tickets from 6 thousand rubles on the 3rd tier to 30 thousand rubles in the stalls. More expensive on December 30 and 31, 40 thousand for a seat in the Benoir box for evening performances. A gallery of 7.5 thousand.

Three "Nutcrackers" in the Kremlin

85% of the performances in the State Kremlin Palace have been sold. Tickets for the "Nutcracker" at the Kremlin Ballet Theater have been available since September, the most convenient and expensive tickets have already sold out, and seats remain at the edges of the 6,000-seat hall. The performance edited by Andrey Petrov is distinguished by Olga Polyanskaya's bright costumes, Anatoly Nezhny's large—scale decorations, and one should not forget that the stage of the Kremlin Palace is the largest among the ballet venues.

"Ticket prices for this performance have increased slightly: for example, last season they ranged from 1,000 to 7,000 rubles, and this year the most expensive ticket costs 8,000," Konstantin Yaroshevsky, Deputy General Director of the State Kremlin Palace, told Izvestia. — But there is an exception. For the performances coming to the New Year, on December 20 and 21, prices reach 11 thousand. But it is also relatively inexpensive when compared with the ballet "The Nutcracker" in other theaters of the capital. We always adhere to the position that a holiday should be for everyone, so we try to keep ticket prices as affordable as possible for different categories of viewers.

Last year, Andris Liepa also offered the play "The Nutcracker" for the youngest viewers of the GKD, which is shown in the "Christmas tree" format.

— This year we expect no less public interest, — said Konstantin Yaroshevsky. — There are 34 shows scheduled, and tickets are being sold out very actively. In addition, this year we have made a richer entertainment program before the performance and organized a new multi-level row arrangement so that even the smallest viewers can see everything clearly.

A New Year's tale for the whole family is shown in the Small Hall. From December 23 to January 8, the choreographic performance is priced from 1 to 6.5 thousand rubles. Tickets for some performances have already run out, and for some there are half a dozen left.

A gift from the main

The success of the presentation can be judged by the demand from speculators. So, when you search for "Andris Liepa's Nutcracker" in the search engine, duplicate sites immediately appear. There, the price of a seat for a performance is already multiplied by 2. The cheapest ticket is for 2 thousand, the expensive one is for 11 thousand. The price depends on the greed of the overbidders, as well as on the performances, which have the name of Nikolai Tsiskaridze on the posters. He is called the main Nutcracker of the country: in this role, the premiere of the Bolshoi Theater was released for 18 years in a row. And in December, students of Nikolai Tsiskaridze from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet are expected in Moscow. Since he became rector, he has been bringing "The Nutcracker" choreographed by Vasily Vainonen in 1934 from St. Petersburg every year.

Since the premiere of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet at the Mariinsky on December 6, 1892, pupils of the Imperial Theater School, now the Academy of Russian Ballet, have been dancing the roles of children, soldiers, dolls, and guests at the festival. But aesthetes and ballet lovers also love the full children's version of The Nutcracker. Every year they expect a sincere and even naive presentation from St. Petersburg. Last year, the most expensive seats cost 25 thousand each. This price does not frighten Nikolai Tsiskaridze's fans. Tsiskaridze's students will take to the stage of the Kremlin Palace on December 18 and 19. Tickets are not on sale yet.

The speculators who created the twin website of the Russian Academic Youth Theater also have a good appetite. Just like the Kremlin Ballet, it appears higher in search engines than the official resource of the institution. However, this season, as you know, Tsiskaridze is associated by wealthy theater-goers not with ballet, but with the performance "The Cabal of Saints" at the Moscow Art Theater, where the same dealers sell tickets at prices of hundreds of thousands.

In December, the ballet "The Nutcracker" is also traditionally shown on the stage of the RAMT. The Russian Classical Ballet Theater under the direction of Valentin Grishchenko will bring its own interpretation of the choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov. Theatergoers who cannot afford a fairy tale at the Bolshoi do not ignore the performance at the RAMT. Prices have not changed since last year, tickets range from 1.5 to 15 thousand. For speculators, the price varies from 4 to 27 thousand. As of December 31, low-cost tickets and the stalls center are already sold out.

The RAMT is located on the same square as the Bolshoi Theater, which is also important for those who want to create a New Year's mood for themselves, so they are happy to go to this performance.

From December 25 to January 4, the Kasatkina and Vasilev Ballet will show 14 Nutcrackers on the stage of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera Singing Center. Tickets from 1 to 5 thousand went on sale. Fans of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theater Ballet Company (MAMT) are still waiting for tickets to The Nutcracker, which was staged by Yuri Posokhov three years ago. Now, however, there are tickets for the December ballet "The Snow Maiden" to Tchaikovsky's music. Prices range from 3 to 7.5 thousand rubles. The best places have already gone.

There is an alternative

For the sixth year, the children's drama "The Nutcracker" has been on the stage of the Moscow Provincial Theater under the direction of Sergei Bezrukov in the New Year's playbill. The performance directed by Alla Reshetnikova has already been watched by 14.5 thousand viewers. A thousand of them were during the New Year holidays. The January performances are half sold out, and there are no tickets for the January 5 and 11 screenings. The price is affordable — from 1 to 3 thousand.

"Every theater that cares about the children's repertoire thinks about having a magical New Year's tale on the poster,— Larisa Villaste, director of MGT, shared with Izvestia. — And what could be more beautiful during the New Year holidays than Hoffmann's famous fairy tale about the Nutcracker and the Mouse King? We do not compete with ballet productions, we tell the story of the Nutcracker in the language of the drama theater. And judging by the fact that tickets for this performance have been sold out for six years long before the New Year, the production meets the expectations of the audience. Moreover, prices for children's performances range from 1 to 4 thousand rubles on the Big Stage, up to 3 thousand on the Small One.

According to the director of the Provincial Theater, ticket prices have increased by 12% this year, but they remain affordable. A total of 14 screenings of "The Nutcracker" are planned during the New Year holidays. In 3 weeks of sales, 20% of the total number of tickets have already been purchased.

The Nutcracker? It will roll

Tatiana Navka and the artists of her ballet on ice offer the show "The Nutcracker". The premiere took place last year. The performance has already been watched by 300 thousand people. The champions on the ice are Kamila Valieva, Margarita Drobiazko, Peter Chernyshev, Vladimir Morozov, Evgenia Tarasova and Tatiana Navka herself. Performances will be held at the Navka Arena starting from December 12. The best tickets have been sold for New Year's Eve performances, and the most comfortable seats for 20,000 are no longer available. The best-selling goods turned out to be 2 thousand per galley.

The ice show by Evgeny Plushenko and Yana Rudkovskaya also has "The Nutcracker" in its repertoire. From January 2 to January 4, at the Live Arena, viewers will be able to evaluate their version of the fairy tale with the participation of figure skating champions. In the role of Marie — Alexandra Trusova, the Fairy Dragee — Alyona Kostornaya, The Nutcracker — Makar Ignatov, the Mouse King — George the Marten. According to the pricing policy, "The Nutcracker" by Plushenko and Rudkovskaya is more affordable, tickets range from 1 to 7.5 thousand. Children under the age of five can watch the show for free in their parents' arms.

These are not all the "Nutcrackers" in the capital's poster. But those who want to get a New Year's experience should hurry up with the selection of performances and purchase tickets for them.