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. New production.

Cast/Performers

Orla Boylan (Lisa), Josephine Barstow (Countess), Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Herman), Jonathan Summers (Count Tomsky), William Dazeley (Prince Yeletsky), Alexandera Sherman (Pauline), Fiona Kimm (Governess), Daniel Norman (Tchekalinsky), Julian Tovey (Sourin)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Lyrics(s): Tchaikovsky, Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)
Company: Opera North
Conductor: Richard Farnes
Director: Neil Bartlett
Design: Kandis Cook
Costume: Kandis Cook
Lighting: Chris Davey
Choreographer: Leah Hausman