Background
VIRSALADZE, Simon was born in 1909.
VIRSALADZE, Simon was born in 1909.
1927-1931 studied at Higher Art and Technology Institute and Leningrad Academy, of Arts.
1931-1937 at Paliashvili Theater of Opera and Ballet, Tbilisi, where he designed sets for: operas: Paliashvili’s “Daisi”. Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin”, etc. For ballets: Balanchivadze’s “Serdtse gor” (The Heart of the Mountains) (1957).
Machavariani’s “Othello”. Tchaikovsky’s “Lebedinoe ozero” (Swan Lake), etc. 1937-1945 Set Designer, Kirov Theater of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad.
1952 at Akhundov Theater of Opera and Ballet designed sets for Karaev’s ballet “Sem krasavits” (The Seven Beauties). 1941-1944 at Rustaveli Theater, Tbilisi. Designed sets for Solovev’s “Veliky gosudar” (The Great Sovereign), etc.
At Kirov Theater of Opera and Ballet designed sets for: operas: Bizet’s “Carmen” and Kabalevsky’s “Semya Tarasa” (Taras’s Family). Ballets: Kreyn’s “Laurensiya”, Glazunov’s “Raymonda”, and Prokofiev’s “Kamenny tsvetok” (The Stone Flower), etc.