Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
First aired on May 5, 2002
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Genres: Music
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.
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Gegam Grigorian | Herman
Sergei Leiferkus | Conde Tomsky
Ludmila Filatova | Condesa
Maria Guleghina | Lisa
Olga Borodina | Paulina
Mariinsky Orchestra |
Featured Crew
Brian Large | Director
Valery Gergiev | Conductor