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Petrushka, an Uncommon card
Petrushka is a ballet by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 63
- Power
- 134
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 57,000
Power 134 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 65 % of WikiCards cards.
Petrushka quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Petrushka card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Petrushka tells the story of the loves and ______ of three puppets.
Answer
jealousies. Petrushka tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets. From the Petrushka article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The ballet premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June ____ with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka, Tamara Karsavina as the lead ballerina, Alexander Orlov as the Moor, and Enrico Cecchetti as the charlatan.
Answer
1910s. The ballet premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June 1911 with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka, Tamara Karsavina as the lead ballerina, Alexander Orlov as the Moor, and Enrico Cecchetti as the charlatan. From the Petrushka article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was written for the 1911 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company, the original choreography was by Michel Fokine and stage designs and costumes by Alexandre Benois, who assisted Stravinsky with the libretto.
- The ballet premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet on 13 June 1911 with Vaslav Nijinsky as Petrushka, Tamara Karsavina as the lead ballerina, Alexander Orlov as the Moor, and Enrico Cecchetti as the charlatan.
- Petrushka tells the story of the loves and jealousies of three puppets.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Petrushka article was read about 57,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 63: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Petrushka
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Petrushka (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : the Dover Street Studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
