“MACBETH”
Khachaturian
has narrated: “In 1934, as soon as separate
pieces of music to play “Macbeth” were
ready, I send them to Yerevan. Nothing has left from
that music with me. The only letter of principal director
of the theater and producer A. Gulakian has left with
assigned points to each item by 5-points system. There
was 20 items in total. I can’t remember now
if there was a “3” point, it might be
one, but in general “4” and “5”
points”.
Everything was on the contrary in 1955, when I composed
a music to performance directed by Konstantin Zubov
in Maliy Theatre. I was already a relatively mature
composer. Moreover, I was lucky. I had a chance to
visit England, Stratfort-upon-Avon, the town Shakespeare
was born and lived in. And at last, I had a chance
to see “Macbeth” in London, at famous
“Old Vic” theatre. Enriched by these impressions,
I returned to Moscow and started to compose music…”