18 December: The Nutcracker premieres, and a bowl of Ukha
Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg on 18 December 1892 and became the Christmas ballet the whole world knows. Its Russian home gets a Russian classic for a winter night: ukha, the clear soup made from river fish.
Soup of the day
Ukha
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Ukha is a clear Russian fish soup. Freshwater fish such as pike, perch, carp or salmon is simmered with onion, potatoes, carrot, bay leaf and peppercorns to make a light, transparent broth.
Read about Ukha and get the recipe →What happened
Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker premieres at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg.
Sources
- Mariinsky Theatre: The Nutcracker
- American Ballet Theatre: History of The Nutcracker
- The Marius Petipa Society: The Nutcracker
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