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
Gherman
Vladimir Stoyanov
Prince Yeletsky
Eva-Maria Westbroek
Liza
Felicity Palmer
Countess
John Lundgren
Count Tomsky
Alexander Kravets
Chekalinsky
Anna Goryachova
Paulina
Tigran Martirossian
Surin
Louise Winter
Governess
Harry Nicoll
Major-domo
Directors
Stefan Herheim
