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The quintessential Christmas ballet, "The Nutcracker" by&nbsp;Tchaikovsky is returning to Cairo Opera House in celebration of Christmas.&nbsp;
Led by Maestro Nader Abbassi and directed by Armenia Kamel, "The Nutcracker" will be performed in the Main Hall of Cairo Opera House from the 26th of December, till the 30th of December.
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"The Nutcracker" is based on Alexandre Dumas'&nbsp;1844 short story&nbsp;of the same name, which was a retelling of&nbsp;E.&nbsp;T.&nbsp;A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", and it's set on&nbsp;Christmas Eve&nbsp;at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination.&nbsp;
The two-act ballet was written by acclaimed musical composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and choreographed by Lev Ivanov.&nbsp;

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