Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades

Music · 2002

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.

Starring

Brian Large, Gegam Grigorian, Valery Gergiev, Sergei Leiferkus, Ludmila Filatova, Maria Guleghina

Director

Brian Large