When was the write of the score for the nutcracker honored by Emperor Alexander III?
The Nutcracker The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик, Балет-феерия / "Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya"    ; French: "Casse-Noisette, ballet-féerie" ) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King", by way of Alexandre Dumas' adapted story "The Nutcracker". It was given its premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg on Sunday, December 18, 1892, on a double-bill with Tchaikovsky's opera "Iolanta".
Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria Maria Antonia, Princess of Bavaria (18 July 1724 – 23 April 1780), Electress of Saxony, was a German composer, singer, harpsichordist and patron, known particularly for her operas "Il trionfo della fedeltà" (Dresden, summer 1754) and "Talestri, regina delle amazoni" (Nymphenburg Palace, February 6, 1760). She was also the Regent of Saxony in 1763-1768. Baptised "Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa", she was known as Maria Antonia.