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Petrushka (ballet)
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Petrushka (ballet)
Petrushka
(; ) is a
ballet
burlesque
in four scenes. It was composed in 1910–11 and revised in 1947.
Igor Stravinsky
composed the music, and, with
Alexandre Benois
, fashioned the libretto.
Michel Fokine
choreographed the ballet; Benois designed the sets and costumes.
Petrushka
was first performed by
Sergei Diaghilev
's
Ballets Russes
at the
Théâtre du Châtelet
in
Paris
on 13 June 1911.
Vaslav Nijinsky
portrayed Petrushka with
Tamara Karsavina
as the Ballerina. Alexandre Orlov portrayed the Moor, and
Enrico Cecchetti
the Charlatan.
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