Bolshoi Live: Spartacus

Screening Dates:
Sun 20 October 4:00pm

Composer: Aram Khachaturian
Librettist: By Yuri Grigorovich after the novel of the same name by Raffaeloo Giovagnolli
Choreographer: Yuri Grigorovich
Cast: Mikhail Lobukhin, Alexander Volchkov, Maria Allash, Anna Nikulina, Denis Savin

Captured by the Roman army, Spartacus and Phrygia are condemned to slavery. After becoming a gladiator, Spartacus foments a legendary rebellion.

Broadcast live from Moscow, this grandiose epic is one Khachaturian’s most famous works, and has been considered one of the greatest ballets in the Bolshoi repertoire since the 1960s. A production with spectacular choreography and scenery, Yuri Grigorovich’s version remains the most critically acclaimed.