Балет СПАРТАК (SPARTACUS), 1999 г., Большой театр Беларуси.
NATIONAL ACADEMIC BOLSHOI OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS
SPARTACUS
Aram Khachaturyan
ballet in three acts
Libretto – Nikolay Volkov in a version of Valentin Elizariev and Eugeny Lysik
Choreography and Staging – People’s Artist of the USSR and Belarus,
laureate of State prize of the Republic of Belarus Valentin Elizariev
Composer – People’s Artist of the USSR, laureate of State prize of the USSR Aram Khachaturyan
Conductor of the Production – People’s Artist of the USSR, laureate of State prize of the Republic of Belarus Yaroslav Voshak
Scenography and Costumes – People’s Artist of Ukraine, laureate of State prize of Ukraine Eugeny Lysik
Conductors – the Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Belarus Nikolay Kolyadko, Andrey Ivanov
Duration – 2 hours 30 minutes with 2 intervals
Premiere – July 13, 1980
Composer about his work
The ballet was conceived as a monumental story about a powerful slide of antique servile revolt to defend the freedom of