Petrushka, a ballet about a silly, tragic rag doll with a soul, by Igor Stravinsky, was revived last week, at the Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan. There was only one Russian in the cast.

This 1928 piece is not one of Stravinsky’s famous ballet scores. As heard in these four bits though, it is jaunty and fun — even if it lacks the orchestral splendor and daring of his earlier ...