Pikovaia dama : The queen of spades : opera in three acts

The Resource Pikovaia dama : The queen of spades : opera in three acts
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Pikovaia dama : The queen of spades : opera in three acts
Title remainder
The queen of spades : opera in three acts
Statement of responsibility
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after a work by Pushkin
Title variation
Pique Dame
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Language
rus
Summary
Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of 'the three cards' from her grandmother, the Countess, played by iconic contralto Ewa Podles. This opulent production from Barcelona's Liceu captures St Petersburg in the era of Catherine the Great, while the house's Music Director Michael Boden conducts a large and impressive cast
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Additional physical form
Previously released as DVD.
Cataloging source
VaAlASP
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Pietro d'Agostino, TV director ; Gemma Felius, producer ; Victor PeÌrez, producer for TV ; Celia Cuellar, editor ; Gilbert Deflo, stage director ; William Orlandi, designer ; Albert Faura, lighting designer ; Nadeja L. Loujine, choreographer
Date time place
Recorded June 30 and July 1, 2010, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona
Language note
Sung in Russian
PerformerNote
Misha Didyk (Hermann) ; Lado Ataneli (Count Tomsky/Zlatogor) ; Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky) ; Ewa Podlés (Countess) ; Emily Magee (Lisa) ; Elena Zaremba (Plina) ; Mikhaïl Vekua (Chaplitsky) ; Francisco Vas (Chekalinsky) ; additional solists ; Escolania de Montserrat ; Chorus Intermezzo ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu ; Michael Boder, conductor
Runtime
175
Target audience
general
Technique
live action

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