Spartacus, Ballet

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Enjoy the guest performance of Aram Khachaturian's ballet "Spartacus" performed by the Belarus Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theatre.

Aram Khachaturian, the composer about his work:
I created my ballet as a monumental story of the ancient rebellion of the slaves in the defence of personal liberty that was like a powerful avalanche. I wrote the music on the same principle as composers before me, when treating historic topics – they retold the stories through the prism of their artistic sense, while remaining true to their handwriting and style. For me the ballet “Spartacus” is a romantically tense piece with powerful musical dramaturgy with wide artistic metaphors and explicit intonation of speech. I considered it important to apply all achievements of contemporary music culture to the expression of Spartacus’ sublime theme. Therefore, the ballet speaks a contemporary language that understands the contemporary problems of the musical‐theatrical form.

Staging Team:
Choreography and Stage‐Director: Valentin Elizariev
Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Music Director and Chief Conductor: Yaroslav Voshchak
Scenography and Costumes: Eugeny Lysik

Approx. running time: 2 h 30 min (2 intermissions)