Ballets

Tchaikovsky completed three ballets between 1875 and 1892:

TH	ČW	Opus	Title	Description	Year
12	12	20	Swan Lake	Ballet in 4 acts	1875–76
13	13	66	The Sleeping Beauty	Ballet in a prologue and 3 acts	1888–89
14	14	71	The Nutcracker	Fairy ballet in 2 acts and 3 scenes	1891–92

In addition to the above projects, Tchaikovsky also gave serious consideration to writing ballets on the subjects of Cinderella (1870) and Undina (1886–87).