Petrushka

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Petrushka is a landmark early 20th-century ballet with music by Igor Stravinsky that tells the tragic story of a puppet who comes to life, blending Russian folk elements with innovative choreography and orchestration.

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Petrushka canonical 5
Petrushka (performance) 1
Petrushka (puppet) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet
stage work
basedOn Russian puppet-theatre character Petrushka
catalogueNumber Stravinsky’s work list (no opus number)
choreographer Michel Fokine
commissionedBy Sergei Diaghilev
composer Igor Stravinsky
countryOfOrigin Russia / France (Ballets Russes context)
ending death of Petrushka
featuresCharacter Petrushka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Petrushka (puppet)

The Ballerina
The Moor
firstPerformanceCompanyDancers Ballets Russes dancers
genre ballet
hasVersion 1911 original version
1947 revised concert version
historicalSignificance landmark of early modernist ballet
influenced 20th-century ballet repertoire
orchestral concert programming
language none (wordless ballet)
melodicSource Russian folk songs
movement early 20th-century modernism
narrativeTheme tragic story of a puppet who comes to life
notableFor innovative choreography
innovative orchestration
integration of music and dance
notablePassage Petrushka self-linksurface differs
surface form: Petrushka chord
notableTechnique bitonality
use of folk tunes
orchestration large orchestra
originalCompany Ballets Russes
originalConductor Pierre Monteux
originalDesigner Alexandre Benois
period early 20th century
premiereCity Paris
premiereCompany Ballets Russes
premiereDate 1911-06-13
premierePlace Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
producedBy Ballets Russes
rhythmicFeature complex rhythmic patterns
setting Shrovetide Fair in Saint Petersburg
structure four scenes
style integration of Russian folk elements and modern harmony
subjectMatter love triangle among puppets
timeSignatureFeature frequent changes of meter

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Ballets Russes premiered Petrushka
Igor Stravinsky notableWork Petrushka
The Firebird influenced Petrushka
Petrushka featuresCharacter Petrushka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Petrushka (puppet)
Petrushka notablePassage Petrushka self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Petrushka chord
Tamara Karsavina notableWork Petrushka
Michel Fokine notableWork Petrushka
Vaslav Nijinsky notableWork Petrushka
this entity surface form: Petrushka (performance)