This year the great ballet diva Maya Plisetskaya and Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. This is alliance of two great persons, two big names in contemporary art.
More than forty years ago Rodion Shchedrin wrote the ballet for Maya Plisetskaya named "Carmen Suite". This work is based on music of the opera "Carmen" written by George Bizet.
The first performance of ballet "Carmen Suite" took place in 1967 in Moscow Bolshoi Theatre and at once caused argument in Soviet critique.
Here is a scene from this great ballet.
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