When this production appeared at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus in far 1980, the ballet admirers from the whole Soviet Union came to the small Republic to see this masterpiece created by the real masters: composer Aram Khachaturian, choreographer Valentin Elizariev, conductor Yaroslav Voshchak and designer Eugene Lysik. Over the decades of its existence, this ballet has conquered almost the whole world. Audiences in Europe and Asia (in the UK, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Holland, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova, Egypt, Syria, Thailand, Singapore, India, Turkey, South Korea, Cyprus, China and other countries) applauded the Belarusian artists.
On 5 April, citizens and guests of Tashkent will see the legendary Aram Khachaturian’s Spartacus, which found a second life in 2017. This year the revival of the production took place. (It was staged by the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus, People's Artist of the USSR and Belarus, professor Valentin Elizariev).
Today there are many versions of Spartacus, but only a few of them can be considered legendary. The Belarusian Elizariev’s production, without false modesty, is one of them. It is truly milestone production for the world of ballet. It is production of incredible spiritual power, the pinnacle of true art, wonderful work that combines the tradition of classical ballet, bright Elizariev’s choreographic style, profound philosophical understanding of life and its values, chief among them is Love. Spartacus I often called a "male ballet", but maestro Elizariev doesn't agree with that. ‘Love is always in the limelight. In this ballet, it is the soul of the production... And where love triumphs, there is a woman, first of all…’
Aram Khachaturian’s Spartacus staged by Valentin Elizariev has been living on the Belarusian stage for almost 40 years. In Uzbekistan we will perform it for the first time.
Spartacus is one of the most popular productions of the theatre. About 50 artists take part in this production. And they tell us the story of the most famous uprising against Rome, which was led by the noble Thracian Spartacus, whose name lives for centuries.
On 5 April, at the Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre the leading roles will perfrom the People's Artist Anton Kravchenko, the Honoured Artists Konstantin Geronik, Yury Kavaliou, Liudmila Khitrova, Maryna Vezhnavets, and also Tatsiana Ulasen, Viktoryia Trenkina, Alexander Misiyuk, Vladimir Ruda, Denis Shpak, etc.