Live recording from October 7, 2012 Rudolf Nurejew | Choreography and direction by Peter / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Music by Nicholas Georgiadis | Stage and costumes Aleth Francillon, Manuel Legris | Rehearsing Nathalie Aubin | Rehearsing the scenes of children Jacques Giovanangeli | Light Paul Connelly | conductor Liudmila Konovalova | Clara Vladimir Shishov | Drosselmeyer / The Prince Emilia Baranowicz | Luisa Davide Dato | Fritz Gabor Oberegger | The father Franziska Hollinek / Wallner-Hollinek | The mother Christoph Wenzel | The grandfather Eva Polacek | The grandmother Attila Bakó, Martin Winter | The Rat King Trevor Hayden | The little nutcracker Alena Klochkova, Prisca Zeisel | Two snowflakes Emilia Baranowicz, Davide Dato | Spanish dance Ketevan Papava, Eno Peci, Eva Polacek, Christoph Wenzel | Arabic dance Franziska Hollinek / Wallner-Hollinek, Gabor Oberegger | Russian dance Marcin Dempc, András Lukács, Richard Szabó | Chinese dance Ioanna Avraam, Kiyoka Hashimoto, Masayu Kimoto | Pastoral Corps de ballet | Skaters, guests, two old maidens, governesses, cavalryman, snowflakes, bats, Spanish dance, Arabic dance, Russian dance, waltz students of the ballet school of the Vienna State Opera, children of the opera school of the Vienna State Opera Children of guests, soldiers, rats