Russian theaters on foreign tours are always expected to perform Spartacus, even when the degree ... Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre and the Kirov (now Mariinsky) Theatre in Leningrad.

Little is known of the early years of Spartacus. He is thought to have been born in Thrace (modern day Balkan region) and it has been suggested he was in the Roman army. He was sold into slavery ...

Britain’s Royal Ballet and what is now St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Ballet – Leningrad’s Kirov Ballet when Nureyev was there. After its initial revival in Vienna in 2024, this first Asian ...