The great choreographer Marius Petipa put on the first performances of many famous ballets such as Tchaikovskyâ s The Sleeping Beauty in 1890 , The Nutcracker in 1892 , Alexander Glazunov 's ballet Raymonda in 1898 , and an updated version of Tchaikovsky 's Swan Lake ( with Lev Ivanov ) in 1895 . It was there that the renowned choreographer Marius Petipa presented many of his masterpieces , including such staples of the ballet repertory as The Sleeping Beauty in 1890 , The Nutcracker in 1892 , Raymonda in 1898 , and the definitive revival of Swan Lake ( with Lev Ivanov ) in 1895 .