Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Peter Bronder (Hermann), Giselle Allen (Lisa), Felicity Palmer (Countess), Nicholas Pallesen (Prince Yeletsky), Gregory Dahl (Count Tomsky), Catherine Young (Pauline), Colin Judson (Tchenkalinsky), Wyn Pencarreg (Sourin), Valerie Reid (Governess), Katie Bird (Mascha), Peter Van Hulle (Tchaplitsky), Charles Johnston (Narumov)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Lyrics(s): Tchaikovsky, Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)
Producer: English National Opera
Conductor: Edward Gardner
Director: David Alden
Design: Gideon Davey
Lighting: Wolfgang Goebbel
Translation(s): Martin Pickard, Neil Bartlett