Spartacus - Спартак - Bolschoi Ballett Moscow - Moskau DVD / Ballett in 2 Acts by Aram Khachaturyan / Choreography by Yuri Grigorovich / Cast: Vladimir Vassilyef, Natalya Bessmertnaya, Maris Lieppa, Nina Timofeeva / VL049

UPC 9120005650688 / 4230781510238

MADE IN GERMANY

REGION 0 PAL DVD (All regions)

AUDIO: Italian 2.0, Italian 5.1

TOTAL RUNTIME: 89 MINUTES

English Summary:

Spartacus (Russian: «Спартак», Spartak) is a ballet by Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978). The work follows the exploits of Spartacus, the leader of the slave uprising against the Romans known as the Third Servile War, although the ballet's storyline takes considerable liberties with the historical record. Khachaturian composed Spartacus in 1954, and was awarded a Lenin Prize for the composition that same year. It was first staged, with choreography by Leonid Yakobson, in Leningrad 1956, but only with qualified success since Yakobson abandoned conventional pointe in his choreography. The ballet received its first staging at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow in 1958, choreographed by Igor Moiseyev; however it was the 1968 production, choreographed by Yury Grigorovich, which achieved the greatest acclaim for the ballet. It remains one of Khachaturian's best known works and is prominent within the repertoires of the Bolshoi Theatre and other ballet companies in Russia and the former Soviet Union. 

Libretto by Yuri Grigorovich

Cast / Darsteller:

Vladimir Vassilyef

Natalya Bessmertnaya

Maris Lieppa

Nina Timofeeva

The Bolshoi Theatre (Russian: Большо́й теа́тр, tr. Bol'shoy Teatr, Big Theatre, IPA: [bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈatər]) is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds ballet and opera performances. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre (Small Theatre) in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg (Hermitage Theatre, Bolshoi (Kamenny) Theatre, later Mariinsky Theatre and others).

Russian Summary:

«Спартак» — балет в 4 актах 9 картинах Арама Хачатуряна. Впервые балет был поставлен хореографом Леонидом Якобсоном в Ленинградском театре оперы и балета. Премьера состоялась 27 декабря 1956 года.

Оригинальный сценарий балета был написан драматургом Николаем Волковым, литературной основой для сценария послужили различные исторические материалы и художественные произведения