PETRUSHKA

The Portland Ballet presents the world premiere of Tom Gold’s Petrushka, created about Portland, for Portland, as a special gift to the city. Set during Thanksgiving dinner at an iconic historic hotel in the glamorous 1950s, immigrant busboy Petrushka is in love with a dazzling lounge singer, who in turn is in love with a dashing doorman. This timeless story of unrequited love and heartbreak will be paired with John Clifford’s stirring Firebird for a thrilling all-Stravinsky program performed live by the Portland State University Orchestra.