The Bolshoi Theater revealed the minimum ticket price for The Nutcracker

A shot of the announcement of the ballet "The Nutcracker". Illustration: Bolshoi Theatre / YouTube
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On December 2, at 10:00 Moscow time, the official website of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia (GABT) opens the sale of tickets for The Nutcracker ballet, which will be shown on December 17 at 19:00 Moscow time. This is stated in the message of the theater in the telegram channel.

"The minimum ticket price in the "full category" will be 5 thousand rubles," the message says.

Tickets for the "special program" will be put on sale at the same time as tickets of the "full category".

The theater also clarifies that tickets for the "60 +" program will be sold for 5 thousand rubles. Tickets at the Youth tariff (for spectators aged 14-22 years) will be available for 1.25 thousand rubles.

"The sale of tickets for this performance under the Pushkin Map program will be announced in a special way," the report says.

As reported by EADaily, this year the Bolshoi Theater announced that tickets for the mega sought-after ballet "The Nutcracker" will not be sold at the theater's box office. In total, 18 performances of the fairy-tale ballet on the historical stage were announced in December, the poster of the January Nutcrackers has not yet been revealed. On the day of the start of sales, tickets for the performance will be sold on December 17, then similarly: the last day of sales is December 14 for the ballet on December 31.

The theater clarified that about 12% of tickets will be sold at auction, these are seats in the so-called "golden stalls". About 1.5 thousand tickets were given to servicemen, participants of a special military operation (SMO) and their family members.

In addition, this year for the first time broadcasts of the ballet "The Nutcracker" from the Bolshoi will be shown in more than 100 cinemas throughout Russia. Screenings are scheduled for December 30 at 19:00 Moscow time and December 31 at 12:00 Moscow time. On December 31 at 20:00 Moscow time, the legendary ballet will be shown in the official community of the Bolshoi Theater on the VKontakte social network.