The Nutcracker

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Nutcracker photo


For over a hundred years, an essential part of Christmas.

If your Yuletide traditions do not yet include a performance of Kentucky Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker, then something’s been missing from your Christmas stocking.

Nutcracker photo The gorgeous music of Tchaikovsky, performed by a live orchestra. The vigor and coordination that only a professional dance company can provide. The brightest costumes, the highest leaps, the merriest harlequins, and the cutest mice you will ever see.

See The Nutcracker in all its splendour, and greet the Snow Queen, the Sugar Plum Fairy, the Rat King, the Cavalier, the Nutcracker Prince, Mother Ginger, and the waltzing flowers as old friends.

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Nutcracker photo A trip to the Opera House for Kentucky Ballet Theatre’s The Nutcracker—what better gift for your little angel?

Kentucky Ballet Theatre presented four performances of The Nutcracker at the Lexington Opera House.

Friday, December 16
8:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 17
2:00 p.m.

Saturday, December 17
8:00 p.m.

Sunday, December 18
2:00 p.m.

KBT also presented The Nutcracker in Corbin, Somerset, Hazard, and Campbellsville.