"the ""Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia"". Aegina discovers Spartacus’s camp and observes the lovers emerging from their tent the next morning. Aegina sends word to Crassus, who sends his army in pursuit. Internecine struggles break out among Spartacus’s forces. Finally, Crassus’s forces discover Spartacus and impale him upon their spears. Spartacus’s closest followers recover his body and carry it off while Phrygia mourns her loss. Khachaturian extracted and arranged music from the ballet in 1955 for four orchestral suites: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani, percussion ; strings. Spartacus (ballet)"
"in composing one internationally acclaimed work in the last 30 years of his life, the ballet ""Spartacus"". According to James Bakst, what made Khachaturian unique among Soviet composers is ""the blending of national Armenian vocal and instrumental intonations with contemporary orchestral techniques"". Khachaturian's music is characterized by an active rhythmic development, which reaches either a mere repetition of the basic formula (ostinato) or ""a game of emphasis within this formula"". Khachaturian is best known internationally for his ballet music. His second ballet, ""Gayane"", was largely reworked from his first ballet, ""Happiness"". ""Spartacus"" became his most acclaimed work in the post-Stalin"
"Armenian ballet was ""Happiness"" by Aram Khachaturian. On the basis of this ballet the composer soon created ""Gayane"" which has been performed all over the world. Many other Armenian composers have written operas and ballets. Over the years, these artists have worked at the theatre: singers Gohar Gasparyan, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Mihran Yerkat, Pavel Lisitsian, Haykanush Danielyan, Nar Hovhannisyan, Gegham Grigoryan, Anahit Mekhitarian; conductors Konstantin Sarajev, Michael Tavrizyan, Aram Katanyan, Yuri Davtyan; ballet masters A. Petrosyan, M. Chmshkyan, Vanush Khanamiryan, Vilen Galstyan; painters Martiros Saryan, Minas Avetisyan. Since 1935 a unique Armenian opera, ""Anoush"" by Armen Tigranian, has been performed in"
"Edgar Hovhannisyan Edgar Hovhannisyan, Hovhannisian or Oganesian (; January 14, 1930, Yerevan – December 28, 1998, Yerevan) was an Armenian composer, Professor of Composition at the Yerevan State Conservatory, People's Artist of the USSR (1986). He finished the Yerevan State Conservatory in 1953, then pursued post-graduate work at the Moscow Conservatory, where he worked under famed Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. He was the director of the State Opera and Ballet Theater in Yerevan in 1962–1968. Hovhannisyan is widely considered among the most influential Armenian composers of the 20th century. He is the author of ballets, including ""Janna D'Ark"", ""Sulamif"", and"
"(1940) and the Cello Concerto (1946). His other significant compositions include the ""Masquerade Suite"" (1941), the Anthem of the Armenian SSR (1944), three symphonies (1935, 1943, 1947), and around 25 film scores. Khachaturian is best known for his ballet music—""Gayane"" (1942) and ""Spartacus"" (1954). His most popular piece, the ""Sabre Dance"" from ""Gayane"", has been used extensively in popular culture and has been covered by a number of musicians worldwide. His style is ""characterized by colorful harmonies, captivating rhythms, virtuosity, improvisations, and sensuous melodies"". During most of his career, Khachaturian was approved by the Soviet government and held several high"
"Caro Zakarian (1895–1967) are representative composers of the pre- and early Soviet Armenian era. The most famous, however, was Aram Khatchaturian (1903–1978), internationally well known especially for his music for various ballets and the immortal ""Sabre Dance"" from his composition for the ballet ""Gayane"". Gevorg Armenian (1920– ), Anahit Tsitsikian (1926–1999), Arno Babadjanyan (1921–1983), Barseg Kanatchian (1885–1967), Edward Mirzoyan (1921–2012), Boris Parsadanian (1925–1997), Ashot Zohrabyan (1945 -), and Aram Satian (1947 –) represent other Soviet era Armenian composers. Iosif Andriasov's (1933–2000) music and ethics made him internationally recognized as one of the most important figures in contemporary culture. Alexander Arutiunian"
"Gayane (ballet) Gayane (""Gayaneh"" or ""Gayne"" (the ""e"" is pronounced); ); is a four-act ballet with music by Aram Khachaturian. Originally composed in or before 1939, when it was first produced (in Yerevan) as ""Happiness"". Revised in 1941–42 to a libretto by Konstantin Derzhavin and with choreography by Nina Aleksandrovna Anisimova (Derzhavin's wife), the score was revised in 1952 and in 1957, with a new plot. The stage design was by Nathan Altman (scenery) and Tatyana Bruni (costumes). The first performance took place on 9 December 1942, staged by the Kirov Ballet while in Perm (Russia) during the Second World"
"period. These two compositions ""remain his most successful compositions"". According to Jonathan McCollum and Andy Nercessian, his music for these two ballets ""can safely be included among the best known pieces of classical music throughout the world, a fact that is vitalized by perception that these are perhaps the only works through that the world really knows Armenian music"". Ann Haskins of ""LA Weekly"" suggests that he has thus ""made an indelible mark on the world of ballet"". ""Spartacus"" was popularized when the ""Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia"" was used as the theme for a popular BBC drama series ""The"
"""Rassvet"" (Sunrise), while another composer Eduard Lazarev wrote ""Broken Sword"", based on the poem ""Ghosts"", by Mihai Eminescu, a leading Romanian writer. In its first ten years, the company added many well-known classical ballets to its repertoire, including ""Giselle"", ""The Sleeping Beauty"", ""Spartacus"" and ""Coppelia"". It toured to Moscow, Kiev and Bulgaria. The most successful of the company’s modern ballet productions was ""A Young Lady and a Hooligan"", based on music by Shostakovitch, in which the lead dancer was Mihai Caftanat, who is still working with the company. Born in Chişinău, Caftanat studied ballet in Moscow, returning to his native"
"Sarkis Djanbazian Sarkis Djanbazian (; ), also written as Sarkis Janbazian, (15 January 1913 in Armavir – 11 December 1963 in Tehran) was a Russian-born Iranian-Armenian artist. He was the first male ballet master, dancer, choreographer, producer, as well as the founder of a ballet academy in Iran. Sarkis Djanbazian was born in Armavir, then part of the Russian Empire (now Armenia). As the ""Encyclopedia Iranica"" states, from early childhood, Djanbazian took an avid interest in the arts, especially in dance. After graduating from high school, he went to Leningrad (St. Petersburg at the time) to study dance. He graduated"
"Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (Russian: Влади́мир Ви́кторович Васи́льев), (born April 18, 1940) is a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer from Moscow, Russia. He was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and its director from 1995 to 2000. He was best known for his role of Spartacus and his powerful leaps and turns. Vladimir Vasiliev was named ""God of the dance"" and is regarded as a classical dancer on the same level as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. At the height of their careers, Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova were the golden couple of Russian ballet. Vladimir Vasiliev"
"and replaced in 1962 with that of Mother Armenia. Contacts between Armenia and the Diaspora were revived, and Armenians from abroad began to visit the republic more frequently. Many Armenians rose to prominence during this era, including one of Khrushchev's friends, Mikoyan, who was the older brother of the designer and co-founder of the Soviet MiG fighter jet company, Artem Mikoyan. Other famed Soviet Armenians included composer Aram Khachaturyan, who wrote the ballets ""Spartacus"" and ""Gayane"" that featured the well known ""Sabre Dance,"" the noted astrophysicist and astronomer Viktor Hambardzumyan, and popular literary figures Paruyr Sevak, Sero Khanzadyan, Hovhannes Shiraz,"
"Babek (ballet) Babek ()– is a heroic Spartacus like ballet in two acts, based on the story of the people’s liberation struggle against Abbasid Caliphate under the leadership of Babak Khorramdin. Akshin Alizadeh composed the music and the prominent Azeri choreographers of the Soviet era Rafiga Akhundova and Maksud Mamedov choreographed the ballet for Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (National Ballet of Azerbaijan) in 1986. The ballet creation narrates the story of the brave Iranian and Azerbaijanian national hero, Babak Khorramdin, who in the 9th century led the rebellion against foreign occupying forces and local feudal lords in"
"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. Principal Characters: The Roman consul Crassus returns to Rome from his latest conquests in a triumphal procession. Among his captives are the Thracian king Spartacus and his wife Phrygia. Spartacus laments his captivity and bids a bitter farewell to Phrygia, who is taken off to join Crassus’ harem of concubines."
"Khachaturian, the composer of the ballets ""Gayane"" and ""Spartacus"", but ""things never went beyond talking."" Shchedrin added that Khachaturian told Plisetskaya, ""Why you need me? You have a composer at home, ask him!"" It was then, he said, that she asked him to write the music. In late 1966, the Ballet Nacional de Cuba stopped in Moscow during its Soviet tour. Plisetskaya's mother attended its performances and encouraged her to go. Eventually, Plisetskaya approached the company's choreographer, Alberto Alonso and told him of her desire for a Carmen ballet. Alonso developed the libretto and worked with Ballet Nacional dancers on"
"well known for his music, for various ballets and the Sabre Dance from his composition for the ballet Gayane. The Armenian Genocide caused widespread emigration that led to the settlement of Armenians in various countries in the world. Armenians kept to their traditions and certain diasporans rose to fame with their music. In the post-Genocide Armenian community of the United States, the so-called ""kef"" style Armenian dance music, using Armenian and Middle Eastern folk instruments (often electrified/amplified) and some western instruments, was popular. This style preserved the folk songs and dances of Western Armenia, and many artists also played the"
"compositions best representing the genre of historical and epic music. The composer, Akshin Alizadeh, has mentioned Babek as the composition he was born and living for to create: """"Babek"" is my whole life. I applied much effort into this ballet. When I was working on this ballet, I felt myself like a gladiator. I wrote this composition during the course of 10 years."" Babek (ballet) Babek ()– is a heroic Spartacus like ballet in two acts, based on the story of the people’s liberation struggle against Abbasid Caliphate under the leadership of Babak Khorramdin. Akshin Alizadeh composed the music and"
"backdrop for the dancing, which was splendidly staged and choreographed by Anisimova, who danced in the original production. Choreographically, Anisimova thought in character dancing terms; she knew much classical dance. Excerpts from ""Gayane"" are performed by dance companies and dance schools, especially the wedding in the second act: wonderful duets and variations for Gayane and Kazakov, her lover. The choreography was unusual for its time—classical and folk dance combined—especially the stylized use of arms and hands from the folkloric Armenian culture that is the ballet's background. The collective farm's ethnic diversity is the backdrop for each part of the music"
"Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus (), also known as Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (23 March 1826 – 7 December 1917), was a Jewish-Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher. Minkus is noted for the music he composed while serving as the official Composer of Ballet Music to the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres in Russia. During his long career, he wrote for the original works and numerous revivals staged by the renowned Ballet Masters Arthur Saint-Léon and Marius Petipa. Among the composer's most celebrated compositions was his score for ""La source"" (1866; composed jointly with Léo Delibes), ""Don Quixote"" (1869);"
"study of Armenian musical folklore and to collect folk-song and dance tunes"" for his first ballet, ""Happiness"" which he completed in the same year. ""His communion with Armenia's national culture and musical practice proved for him as he put it himself, 'a second conservatoire'. He learned a lot, saw and heard many things anew, and at the same time he had an insight into the tastes and artistic requirements of the Armenian people."" In 1942, at the height of the Second World War, he reworked it into the ballet ""Gayane"". It was first performed by the Kirov Ballet (today known"
"Venus), Lyubov Roslavleva (as Flora), Alexei Bulgakov (as Jupiter), and Sergei Legat (as Adonis). There was only one full resumption of this ballet by choreographer Alexey Bogdanov. Les Aventures de Pélée Les Aventures de Pélée (""The Adventures of Peleus""; ) is a ballet in three acts and five scenes with choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Ludwig Minkus, with additional music adapted from works by Léo Delibes. The libretto by Marius Petipa is derived from the Greek Myth concerning the Goddess Thetis and the circumstances surrounding her marriage, arranged by Jupiter (or Zeus), to the mortal Peleus. It was"
"at that time; there was a sense of ""camaraderie"" and combined effort which suited the positive feeling of the ballet itself. The composition, the music, the dancing, all together created something which, regardless of the weaknesses in the libretto, expressed the triumph of dancing and its many different possibilities. The orchestral score calls for: Many elements of interethnic love, betrayal and friendship interact in an Armenian setting. The central character is a young woman named Gayane, who works in a kolkhoz in a mountainous district near the national border. In the kolkhoz, farmers are busy reaping cotton. Among them are"
"Agshin Alizadeh Agshin Aligulu Alizade (azerb. Aqşin Əliqulu oğlu Əlizadə) May 22, 1937 in Baku – May 3, 2014 in Baku) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani composer, People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1987). Alizade made a significant contribution to the development of the Azerbaijani ballet. He was the creator of the first in Azerbaijan heroic epic ballet ""Babak"", established in 1979 on the poem by Ilya Selvinsky (premiered in 1986). The next ballet ""Journey to the Caucasus"", which reflected the events of the history of Azerbaijan and the image of the poet Khurshidbanu Natavan and the French writer Alexandre"
"directed by Billy Wilder and starring James Cagney, as well as in Woody Allen's ""Scoop"". It has also been used in numerous other movies, TV shows, and video games over the years. It is also used as the introductory and promotional theme for the NHL's Buffalo Sabres. Gayane (ballet) Gayane (""Gayaneh"" or ""Gayne"" (the ""e"" is pronounced); ); is a four-act ballet with music by Aram Khachaturian. Originally composed in or before 1939, when it was first produced (in Yerevan) as ""Happiness"". Revised in 1941–42 to a libretto by Konstantin Derzhavin and with choreography by Nina Aleksandrovna Anisimova (Derzhavin's wife),"
"Alexander Spendiaryan Alexander Afanasyevich Spendiarov (Spendiaryan) (, , November 1, 1871, Kakhovka, Russian Empire – May 7, 1928, Yerevan, Armenia) was an Armenian born in Russia, music composer, conductor, founder of Armenian national symphonic music and one of the patriarchs of Armenian classical music. His compositions include the opera ""Almast"" (՝ brilliant) and the ""Yerevan Etudes,"" among others. Spendiaryan was born on 1 November (as 20 October) 1871 in Kakhovka, province of Tavrik (modern Ukraine) in an Armenian family whose ancestry originated from Ani. His artistic abilities were formed in early childhood. He inherited his musical abilities from his mother"
"from his composition for the ballet Gayane. The Armenian Genocide caused widespread emigration that led to the settlement of Armenians in various countries in the world. Armenians kept to their traditions and certain diasporans rose to fame with their music. In the post-Genocide Armenian community of the United States, the so-called ""kef"" style Armenian dance music, using Armenian and Middle Eastern folk instruments (often electrified/amplified) and some western instruments, was popular. This style preserved the folk songs and dances of Western Armenia, and many artists also played the contemporary popular songs of Turkey and other Middle Eastern countries from which"
"1973), Nutcracker (1966), Spartacus (1968), Swan Lake (1969), Ivan the Terrible (1975), Angara (1976), Romeo and Juliet (1979), The Golden Age (1982), and Raymonda (1984). He also designed Sergeyev's ""Raymonda"" (Kirov, 1948), ""Swan Lake"" (Kirov, 1950), and ""The Sleeping Beauty"" (Kirov, 1952) and Vainonen's ""The Nutcracker"" (Kirov, 1954). American reviewers, writing of touring Soviet productions, praised Mr. Virsaladze's designs for their grand scale, tastefulness, sensitivity to period and style and for often furthering the action of the ballet. Simon Virsaladze Simon (Soliko) Virsaladze () (Tbilisi, 24 January 1909 – Tbilisi, 9 February 1989) was a Georgian and one of the"
"Alan Hovhaness Alan Hovhaness (; March 8, 1911 – June 21, 2000) was an Armenian-American composer. He was one of the most prolific 20th-century composers, with his official catalog comprising 67 numbered symphonies (surviving manuscripts indicate over 70) and 434 opus numbers. The true tally is well over 500 surviving works since many opus numbers comprise two or more distinct works. ""The Boston Globe"" music critic Richard Buell wrote: ""Although he has been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many cultures. What may be"
"Hagop Baronian Hagop Baronian (pronounced in Eastern Armenian as Hakop Paronyan, TAO: Յակոբ Պարոնեան, RAO: Հակոբ Պարոնյան, ; 1843–1891) was an influential Ottoman Armenian writer, playwright, journalist, and educator in the 19th century. Born in Adrianople, Baronian is widely acknowledged as the greatest Armenian satirist of all time, closely followed by Yervant Odian. Before going to Constantinople Baronian worked as a pharmacy assistant in his hometown Adrianople. In 1868 finally Baronian left for Constantinople in prospect of finding a job. He first worked as a tutor, and gave private lessons to members of wealthy Armenian families. Afterwards he was appointed"
"the two characters a romance rather than just a friendship. Usually Vasili Vainonen receives all the credit for these changes, but it was Gorsky who first thought of them. Alexander Alexeyevich Gorsky Alexander Gorsky (August 6, 1871 – 1924), a Russian ballet choreographer and a contemporary of Marius Petipa, is known for restaging Petipa’s classical ballets such as ""Swan Lake"", ""Don Quixote"", and ""The Nutcracker"". Gorsky “sought greater naturalism, realism, and characterization” in ballet. He valued acting skills over ""bravura"" technique ( a showy display of skills such as many turns or high jumps.) His interpretations of ballets were often"
"(Orestes), Raphael Schwob (Pylades), French tenor Olivier Ayault (Thoas), French soprano Anne Rodier (Diane) and Iulia Vacaru (Female Greek). One of two premieres of this opera has been the subject of an audio recording and a compact-disc has been distributed. A video has also been shot by , the documentary director, who works with the German-French Arte TV Channel. https://books.google.com/books?id=q8YJAQAAMAAJ&q=Narin%C3%A9+Simonian&dq=Narin%C3%A9+Simonian&hl=en&sa=X&ei=pkqYVcrOOMGRsAHP3piADQ&ved=0CCQQ6AEwAg Nariné Simonian Narine Simonian (sometimes written only as Nariné, born 1965 in Gyumri, Armenia) is one of the most baroque , as well as a pianist, musical director and producer of operas, born in Gyumri, Armenia. Nariné is also an"
"Theatre and Performance. A full catalogue and details of access arrangements are available here. Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (; ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Stravinsky's compositional career was notable for its stylistic diversity. He first achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Serge Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911), and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The last of these transformed the way in which subsequent"
"terrific, vivid performance. CDs Vache Sharafyan on YouTube Vache Sharafyan Vache Sharafyan (), (born February 11, 1966 in Yerevan, Armenia) One of the major composers in Armenia, but also internationally Vache Sharafyan is the author of more than ninety compositions including symphonic works, chamber music, choral, vocal music, including the opera ""King Abgar"", one act ballet ""Second Moon"", ballet in acts ""Ancient Gods"". Praised as "" stark, mysterious and ultimately majestic "" by The New York Times, "" complex, deliberate, ultimately captivating "" by Boston Globe, "" ingenious... , kaleidoscope of iridescent timbres..., magical "" by TheStrad, ""fascinating and expressive"""