Petrushka (English spelling)

Japanese: ペトルーシカ(英語表記)Petrushka
Petrushka (English spelling)
A ballet consisting of four acts. Libretto by A. Benoist and I. Stravinsky. Music by Stravinsky. Choreography by M. Fokine. Set by Benoist. It premiered in 1911 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris by S. Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, and starred V. Nijinsky, T. Karsavina, E. Cecchetti, and others. The story is about three dolls, a clown named Petrushka, a ballerina, and a Moor, who fall in love and become jealous, causing a commotion until the Moor kills Petrushka. It is a masterpiece by Fokine, and one of Nijinsky's best roles. It premiered in Japan in 1950 by the Komaki Ballet Company.

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Japanese:
4場から成るバレエ。台本 A.ブノアと I.ストラビンスキー。音楽ストラビンスキー。振付 M.フォーキン。装置ブノア。 1911年パリのシャトレ座で S.ディアギレフのバレエ・リュスによって初演され,V.ニジンスキー,T.カルサビナ,E.チェケッティらが出演。ピエロのペトルーシカとバレリーナ,ムーア人の3体の人形が恋をしたり,嫉妬したりして大騒ぎし,ムーア人がペトルーシカを殺してしまうという話。フォーキンの傑作であり,ニジンスキーの当り役の一つでもあった。日本では 50年小牧バレエ団により初演。

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