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1. Igor Stravinsky - Premier tableau: F
   The action, set in the 1830s, is spread over four scenes. The first, The Shrovetide Fair, is set in Admiralty Square, St Petersburg, where a crowd is milling around the various stalls and booths: as part of the scene setting Stravinsky ingeniously evokes
2. Igor Stravinsky - Danse Russe (Russian) (02:45)
   One of the booths is a small theatre, and the Magician who runs it launches the three puppets - Petrushka, the Ballerina and the Moor - into the brilliant Russian Dance with which the scene ends.
3. Igor Stravinsky - Second tableau: Chez P
   In scene 2, set in Petrushka's cell like room it becomes clear that the Magician's powers have endowed the puppets with human feelings. Petrushka is aware of his own enslavement to the Magician, and of his ugliness. He loves the Ballerina, and tries to de
4. Igor Stravinsky - Troisi
   In scene 3 the evil but handsome Moor attracts the Ballerina, and attacks Petrushka when he jealously attempts to interrupt their assignation.
5. Igor Stravinsky - Valse. La ballerine et le maure (03:02)
   The Ballerina and the Moor dance.
6. Igor Stravinsky - Quatri
   In the final scene, the Shrovetide celebrations are at their height, and there are separate dances for various groups including wet-nurses, gypsies & coachmen.\nBut the festivities are interrupted as Petrushka and the Moor escape from the stage of the lit