Спартак (Spartacus / 1954 Khachaturian), ballet music
Revision as of 14:18, 17 December 2015 by Gabriele Boccaccini (talk | contribs)
Спартак <Russian> / Spartacus (1954) is a piece of ballet music by Aram Khachaturian (mus.). The scenario by [[ ]] is based on Spartaco (1873 Giovagnoli), novel.
Abstract
Freely ispired by the story of Spartacus. The work was awarded a Lenin Prize in 1954.
Editions, performances
Khachaturian's ballet music was choreographed four times:
- Spartak (1956 Yacobson / Khachaturian), ballet
- Spartak (1958 Moiseev / Khachaturian), ballet
- Spartak (1968 Grigorovich / Khachaturian), ballet
- Australian production