The playbill of the Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre in December traditionally includes many festive ballet shows. The dancers have the opportunity to add new roles to their creative baggage, and ballet fans – to get acquainted with their work.

The public's favourite ballet Anyuta by Valery Gavrilin will be presented twice in December - both nights, there will be debutants: On December 11, Grigory Botenkov will, for the first time, take the stage as Anyuta's beloved – the Student; on December 12, Kirill Terekhin will debut in the part of Officer.

In Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s fairy-tale ballet Sleeping Beauty on December 25 (matinee show), principal dancer Oleksiy Skaliun will perform the leading male part of Prince Desire for the first time. The shows on December 24 and 25 will feature debuts of several charming fairies at once: Lilac fairy – Anna Salenkova, Miettes qui tombent – Anastasia Svetlishina and Nadezhda Vagal, Violente – Rino Fukuoka, Arina Nikishaeva (the latter will also debut in the Peasant Dance in the matinee show on December 25).

Ksenia Krentovskaya (as Princess Florine), Sakiho Kobayashi (as Little Red Riding Hood), Alexey Glyzin (as Prince Fortune), and Alisa Shanina (as Cinderella) will debut at the scene of Aurora's wedding. Alisa will also debut as the Nanny. Valeria Ermakova will perform a Maid of Honour for the first time.

There are also debutants in the main New Year's performance - Pyotr Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker. The leading roles of Marie and the Prince will be performed by the young artists who recently joined the Theatre’s ballet company: Anastasia Svetlishina (on December 30, 12:00) and Ruslan Abolmasov (on December 29, 12:00). For the first time, the experienced dancer Daniil Kostylev will appear on stage in the role of Drosselmeyer (on December 28, 12:00).

This season, seventeen shows of The Nutcracker are scheduled to be performed at the Krasnoyarsk Opera and Ballet Theatre for the New Year and Christmas holidays in December and January. Tickets for many performances have already been sold out (but not for all of them!). The work on the casts of the shows is in full swing. They should feature more than two dozen debuts in various roles. The information about debutants will be uploaded on the Theatre's website and social networks.