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Performance history. Herman, the lead character, sings in all seven scenes. This requires great skill and endurance by the performer. The part was written with the notable Russian tenor Nikolay Figner in mind, and he performed it at the premiere. His wife Medea Mei-Figner played the role of Liza.
Tchaikovsky's macabre thriller about a deadly love affair and a gambling obsession in Tsarist Russia. See the cast, synopsis, languages, and dates of the upcoming performances at the Met.
Synopsis: The Queen of Spades. Select a language to update the synopsis text.
A thrilling adaptation of Pushkin's short story about a gambler's obsession with a mysterious card game. See the cast, synopsis, videos, and articles of this Russian opera that ran at the Met in 2019–20 season.
Composers | Genres | Operas | Libretti | Arias | About. Pikovaya dama (The Queen of Spades) - 1890. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893. Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky based on a story by Alexander Pushkin. First performance at Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg on 19 December 1890.
6 gru 2019 · A detailed review of the Metropolitan Opera's 2019-20 production of Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades, starring Yusif Eyvazov, Lise Davidsen, and Vasily Petrenko. The review praises the cast, the production, and the score, and explores the themes of light and dark, love and death, and gambling and fate.
Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades (Пиковая дама), Op. 68 (TH 10 ; ČW 10), is an opera in 3 acts and 7 scenes based on a short story by Aleksandr Pushkin. It was his tenth completed opera, composed and orchestrated between January and June 1890.
