Be wise, taste wines and adjusts your boundless hope to the cup of life, which is small. Even as we speak cruel time flees jealous. Harvest the present day, the morrow is uncertain. Seize the day. Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65–8 b.C.)
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Maria Shuvalova Мария Шувалова as “Phrygia” and Igor Pugachev Игорь Пугачев as “Spartacus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе. Performance featuring dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet of Moscow and the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Novat) Новосибирский Государственный Академический Театр Оперы и Балета (Hobat), Novosibirsk, Russia (August 10, 2023).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Phrygia”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, choreo by Leonid Yakobson Леонид Якобсон, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, sets and costume by Valentina Khodasevich Валентина Ходасевич, choreo revived by Vyacheslav Khomyakov Вячеслав Хомяков, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 4, 2024).
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Irina Perren Ирина Перрен as “Sabina” and Marat Shemiunov Марат Шемиунов as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, libretto, choreo and production by Georgy Kovtun Георгий Ковтун, stage and costume design by Vyacheslav Okunev Вячеслав Окунев, Mikhailovsky Ballet Михайловский театр, Saint Petersburg, Russia (February 13, 2022).
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Yulia Stepanova Юлия Степанова as “Aegina” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Mariinsky New Stage, Saint Petersburg, Russia (May 7, 2024).
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Valeriya Kalinina Валерия Калинина as one of the three “Etruscans”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, choreo by Leonid Yakobson Леонид Якобсон, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, sets and costume by Valentina Khodasevich Валентина Ходасевич, choreo revived by Vyacheslav Khomyakov Вячеслав Хомяков, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 3, 2024).
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Viktoria Tereshkina Виктория Терёшкина as “Phrygia”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, choreo by Leonid Yakobson Леонид Якобсон, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, sets and costume by Valentina Khodasevich Валентина Ходасевич, choreo revived by Vyacheslav Khomyakov Вячеслав Хомяков, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 4, 2024).
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Valeriya Kalinina Валерия Калинина, Roman Malyshev Роман Малышев and Akim Backaev Аким Бакаев as the “Etruscans”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, choreo by Leonid Yakobson Леонид Якобсон, libretto by Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, sets and costume by Valentina Khodasevich Валентина Ходасевич, choreo revived by Vyacheslav Khomyakov Вячеслав Хомяков, Mariinsky Ballet Мариинский театр (New Stage), Saint Petersburg, Russia (April 3, 2024).
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Yulia Stepanova Юлия Степанова as “Aegina” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Yulia Stepanova Юлия Степанова as “Aegina” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Yulia Stepanova Юлия Степанова as “Aegina” and Artemy Belyakov Артемий Беляков as “Crassus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, choreo by Yury Grigorovich Юрий Григорович, based on the novel of the same name by Raffaello Giovagnolli, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, design by Simon Virsaladze Симон Вирсаладзе, Bolshoi Ballet Большой театр, Moscow, Russia.
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Irina Eromkina Ирина Еромкина as “Phrygia” and Denis Shpak Дзяніс Шпак as “Spartacus”, “Spartacus Спартак”, music by Aram Khachaturian Арам Хачатурян, libretto by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев and Eugene Lysik Евгений Лысик after Nikolay Volkov Николай Волков, choreo and stage by Valentin Elizariev Валентин Елизарьев, design by Eugene Lysik Евгений Лысик, Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus Большой театр Беларуси, Opierny Teatr Opera and Ballet Theatre, Minsk, Republic of Belarus.
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