Royal Opera House: The Queen of Spades (2019)
Music
Overview
The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005, the Opéra Bastille mounted a compelling production featuring Vladimir Galouzine as the mad lover Hermann, Hasmik Papian as the doomed Lisa, and Irina Bogatcheva as the mysterious Comtesse.
Cast
- Aleksandrs Antonenko as Gherman
- Vladimir Stoyanov as Prince Yeletsky
- Eva-Maria Westbroek as Liza
- Felicity Palmer as Countess
- John Lundgren as Count Tomsky
- Alexander Kravets as Chekalinsky
- Anna Goryachova as Paulina
- Tigran Martirossian as Surin
- Louise Winter as Governess
- Harry Nicoll as Major-domo