The 2025 Opera and Ballet Season will close with the traditional classical ballet title. This year the title chosen is The Nutcracker, staged at the Teatro Grande on three dates: Friday, Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. will be the two subscription dates to which will be added the non-subscription performance on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. Interpreting the famous timeless fairy tale danced to the music of Pyotr Il’ič Tchaikovsky will be the Tbilisi Opera Ballet, a historic and well-established company that has been directed by internationally renowned ballerina Nina Ananiashvili since 2004.
THE NUTCRACKER
Ballet in two acts
Libretto by Marius Petipa
From the novel The Nutcracker by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
Music by PËTR IL’IČ ČAJKOVSKIJ
Tbilisi Opera Ballet
Artistic Director Nina Ananiashvili
Choreography reprise by Nina Ananiashvili and Aleksej Fadeečev
Sets and costumes Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze
Light design Amiran Ananeli
Assistant to the choreography Ekaterine Shavliashvili
Tickets
| TICKETS | FULL PRICE | UNDER30 | OVER65 |
| STALLS AND BOXES I-II-III FLOOR | € 60,00 | € 35,00 | € 48,00 |
| I GALLERY AND IV FLOOR BOXES | € 35,00 | € 24,00 | € 30,00 |
| II GALLERY | € 24,00 | € 16,00 | € 18,00 |
To bring young people even closer to the Opera, the special €15 ticket reserved for under-18 students (stalls sector and boxes I, II and III order) is confirmed.
Box capacity: from no. 1 to no. 3: 2 people | from no. 4 to no. 8 and prosceniums: 3 people | from no. 9 to no. 14: 4 people
How to purchase tickets
New subscriptions for the 2025 Opera and Ballet Season will be available from 11th June until 19th June.
Tickets for all individual performances of the 2025 Opera and Ballet Season will be on sale from 24th June.
The Ticket Office is open Tuesday to Friday from 1.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. to 7 p.m.; closed Sundays, Mondays and public holidays except on performance days.