The Nutcracker Ballet Sunday December 26th to Wednesday 29th, Cairo Opera House

Every year in December, the Cairo Opera House performs the Nutcracker Ballet, with the Cairo Opera Ballet Company and Orchestra. The choreography and props for the ballet are excellent and it is a must-see show. Early reservations are preferable as the show is quite popular. The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, based on the story “The Nutcracker and the King of Mice” written by E. T. A. Hoffmann. In 1891, the legendary choreographer Marius Petipa commissioned Tchaikovsky to write the music for the ballet.