Jonathan Nott direction
Marie Ernst presentation

Igor Stravinsky
Petrouchka, Burlesque scenes in four paintings, Ballet (original version 1911)

When Stravinsky meets Serge de Diagnilev, The director of the famous Russian ballets, in Lausanne in autumn 1910, He talks to her about the project of this ballet which will become one of his most famous works. In a Russian funfair atmosphere, The story tells the impossible love of a puppet and a doll.

Published in 1950 at the very beginning of the era of vinyl discs, The original version ofPetrouchka by the OSR, directed by Ernest Ansermet its founder, made our orchestra around the world famous, Thanks to its musical quality and an exceptional sound recovery for the time. It is this version for the Grand Orchestra of 1911 that Jonathan Nott will lead this morning.