Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Also: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	12th May 2001
To	28th May 2001
When	May 12 at 18:30, May 15, 18, 21, 24, 28 at 19:00
Prices	From £3.00. To £88.00.
Royal Opera House (V377)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

The Queen of Spades

Work:: The Queen of Spades (S2065)

Based on Pushkin's story of the same name a young man falls in love with a girl he discovers to be the grand daughter of a Countess. To be taken seriously he'll need to be seriously rich, so he decides on a gambling route. Now, the person who knows the secret of the three-card game is the Countess herself but in forcing the secret from her she dies - a twist that sets the plot, and the young man's life, on a new course.

Music	Tchaikovsky
Lyrics	Tchaikovsky
Lyrics	Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)

Production:: (T93850622)

New Production. Sung in Russian with English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 45 minutes. This production has been generously sponsored by Alberto Vilar.

Conductor	Bernard Haitink
Director	Francesca Zambello
Design	Peter J Davison
Costume	Nikki Gillibrand
Lighting	Mark McCullough
Performer	Karita Mattila (Lisa)
Performer	Vladimir Galouzine (Hermann)
Performer	Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Yeletzky)
Performer	Josephine Barstow (Countess)
Performer	Nadja Michael (Pauline)
Performer	Nikolai Putilin (Count Tomsky)
Performer	Robin Leggate
Performer	Jeremy White
Performer	Roderick Earle (Count Tomsky May 28)
Performer	Jenny Grahn (Chloe)
Performer	Francis McCafferty (Governess)
Performer	Elizabeth Sikora (Mascha)
Performer	Henry Moss (Tchaplitsky)
Performer	Michael Dewis (Narumoff)
Performer	Harry Nicoll (Master of Ceremonies)

Listing:: L582004497

Current production:Work

Production details

New Production. Sung in Russian with English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 45 minutes. This production has been generously sponsored by Alberto Vilar.

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