Ballet
PETRUSHKA and THE FIREBIRD
Ballets to music by Igor Stravinsky
Duration: 2:00 Intermission 1
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"Petrushka" is a ballet (burlesque) to the music by Igor Stravinsky in one act, four scenes.
Authors of the libretto: Igor Stravinsky and A. Benois.
First performance: Paris (France), Théâtre du Châtelet, 13 June 1911
"The Firebird" is a ballet in one act, created in 1910 on the initiative of S.P. Diaghilev for his undertaking "Russian Seasons".
Composer: Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
Choreographer: Mikhail Mikhailovich Fokine
Premiere: June 25, 1910 at the Grande Opéra (Paris)
