SPARTACUS
SPARTACUS
LiveBallets

SPARTACUS

November 7, 2021 at 04:00 PM

3h15

VO

2 intermissions

Live from Moscow


Synopsis

In Imperial Rome led by Crassus, Spartacus and his wife Phrygia are reduced to slavery and are separated by slave dealers.  His love for her and his desire for freedom lead him to revolt against the Roman army with the help of the other captives.  But the treacherous Aegina, who seeks to conquer Crassus and gain power, will get in the way of Spartacus’s plan.

Presentation

Huge in scale and spectacular in effect, Spartacus is a true tour de force of a ballet, set to Aram Khachaturian’s superb score. With an incredible display of might from the four leading dancers to the entire corps de ballet and its passionate pas de deux, Spartacus is the ultimate spectacle of virtuosity and lyricism born at the Bolshoi Theatre.

Libretto

Yuri Grigorovich (after the novel by Raffaelo Giovagnolli, ideas from Nikolai Volkov's scenario)

Choreography

Yuri Grigorovich

Music

Aram Khachaturian


Cast

Spartacus

Igor Tsvirko

Aegina

Svetlana Zakharova

Phrygia

Anna Nikulina

Crassus

Artemy Belyakov

a Gladiator

Denis Savin

And the Bolshoi Corps de ballet


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