The Philadelphia premiere of
THE BOLSHOI BALLET & ORCHESTRA
SPARTACUS

The epic Roman tale of slavery and rebellion performed by 250 members of the Ballet in the unmatched bravura style of the Bolshoi.

"The company proves ... it can still deliver classical ballet with incomparable verve, command and excitement." Chicago Tribune

Tuesday and Wednesday, August 2 and 3, 2005 at 8 PM
The Mann Center for the Performing Arts
On sale now to groups of 20 or more: Jan at 215-546-7900, ext. 125
or to Friends of The Mann
Public on sale: April 22
To learn about the venue: "http://www.manncenter.org"

Music: Aram Khachaturian

Libretto: Yuri Grigorovich
after the novel by Rafaello Giovagnoli
and a scenario by Nikolai Volkov

Choreography: Yuri Grigorovich

Design: Simon Virsaladze

Conductor: Pavel Sorokin

Soloists:

Maria Alexandrova
Anna Antonicheva
Dmitry Belogolovtsev
Sergey Filin
Yury Klevtsov
Inna Petrova
Ekaterina Shipulina
Ruslan Skvortsov
Nikolay Tsiskaridze
Alexander Volchkov
Anastasia Yatsenko

Premiere: 9 April 1968
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow

Contact: On sale now to groups of 20 or more: Jan at 215-546-7900, ext. 125