Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), Op. 68

Composer: Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich

Librettist/Text Author: Tchaikovsky, Modest

Libretto Source: Pushkin, Alexander

Conductor: Boder, Michael

Orchestra: Liceu Grand Theatre Orchestra

Chorus: Intermezzo Choir

Chorus: Liceu Grand Theatre Chorus

Chorus: Escolania de Montserrat

Chaplitsky: Vekua, Mikhail

Chekalinsky: Vas, Francisco

Count Tomsky: Ataneli, Lado

Countess: Podles, Ewa

Governess: Toczyska, Stefania

Hermann: Didyk, Misha

Lisa: Magee, Emily

Masha: Schneider, Claudia

Master of Ceremonies: Plazaola, Jon

Milovzor: Zaremba, Elena

Narumov: Gysen, Kurt

Pauline: Zaremba, Elena

Prilepa: Cook, Michelle Marie

Prince Yeletsky: Tezier, Ludovic

Zlatogor: Ataneli, Lado

Set Designer: Orlandi, William

Costume Designer: Orlandi, William

Lighting Designer: Faura, Albert

Choreographer: Loujine, Nadejda L.

Stage Director: Deflo, Gilbert

Television Director: D'Agostino, Pietro

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Date of Production: 07-01-2010

Venue: Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona

Playing Time: 02:55:02

Catalogue Number: OA1050D

UPC: 809478010500

Synopsis

Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), Op. 68

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Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of "the three cards" from her grandmother, the Countess, played by iconic contralto Ewa Podles. This opulent production from Barcelona's Liceu captures St Petersburg in the era of Catherine the Great, while the house's Music Director Michael Border conducts a large and impressive cast.