Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	29th May 2009
To	29th May 2009
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
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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:: (T01140065464)

Sung in Russian with surtitles. Run time approx 3hrs 20mins

Company	Welsh National Opera
Company	Den Norske Opera
Company	Teatro Communale di Bologna
Company	Canadian Opera Company
Conductor	Alexander Polianichko
Director	Richard Jones
Design	John Macfarlane
Lighting	Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer	Linda Dobell
Director	Linda Dobell (assistant)
Performer	Catrin Wyn-Davies (Lisa)
Performer	Ann Murray (The Countess)
Performer	Tomas Tomasson (Tomsky)
Performer	David Soar (Sourin)
Performer	Hubert Francis (Tchekalinsky)
Performer	Alexandra Sherman (Pauline)

Listing:: L916026038

Current production:Work

Production details

Sung in Russian with surtitles. Run time approx 3hrs 20mins

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