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{{Tchaikovsky stage works}}
'''''The Nutcracker''''' ({{lang-ru|Щелкунчик{{efn|{{lang|ru|Щелкунчикъ}} in [[Reforms of Russian orthography|Russian pre-revolutionary orthography spelling]]}}|Shchelkunchik}}, {{IPA-ru|ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk|pron|Ru-Shchelkunchik.ogg}}), [[Opus number|Op.]] 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ''{{lang|fr|[[ballet-féerie]]}}''; {{lang-
Since the late 1960s, it has been danced by countless ballet companies, especially in North America.<ref name="fisher">{{cite book|last=Fisher|first=J.|year=2003|title=Nutcracker Nation: How an Old World Ballet Became a Christmas Tradition in the New World|location=New Haven|publisher=Yale University Press}}</ref> Major American ballet companies generate around 40% of their annual ticket revenues from performances of ''The Nutcracker''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20131223/ARTS/131229961/the-nutcracker-brings-big-bucks-to-ballet-companies|title=The Nutcracker brings big bucks to ballet companies|last=Agovino|first=Theresa|date=23 December 2013|newspaper=[[Crain's New York Business]]|access-date=3 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Daniel J.|last=Wakin|title=Coming Next Year: ''Nutcracker'' Competition|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E7DC1639F933A05752C1A96F9C8B63|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=30 November 2009}}</ref> The ballet's score has been used in several film adaptations of Hoffmann's story.
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