Performance

Venue	Barbican Centre
	Other spaces: Barbican Theatre,Barbican Hall. Guildhall School of Music and Drama Theatre, Cinema1,Cinema2,Gallery, Silk Street Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	22nd November 2011
To	24th November 2011
When	Nov 22, 24 at 19:15
What is currently on at Barbican Centre (V371)

The Queen of Spades

T996370068
Based on Pushkin's story of the same name a young man falls in love with a girl he discovers to be the grand daughter of a Countess. To be taken seriously he'll need to be seriously rich, so he decides on a gambling route. Now, the person who knows the secret of the three-card game is the Countess herself but in forcing the secret from her she dies - a twist that sets the plot, and the young man's life, on a new course.

Music	Tchaikovsky
Lyrics	Tchaikovsky
Lyrics	Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)

Archive :: production:T996370068, opera or operetta:S2065, venue:V371

Production details

New production.

Reviews

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Company

Company	Opera North
Conductor	Richard Farnes
Director	Neil Bartlett
Design	Kandis Cook
Costume	Kandis Cook
Lighting	Chris Davey
Choreographer	Leah Hausman
Performer	Orla Boylan (Lisa)
Performer	Josephine Barstow (Countess)
Performer	Jeffrey Lloyd Roberts (Herman)
Performer	Jonathan Summers (Count Tomsky)
Performer	William Dazeley (Prince Yeletsky)
Performer	Alexandera Sherman (Pauline)
Performer	Fiona Kimm (Governess)
Performer	Daniel Norman (Tchekalinsky)
Performer	Julian Tovey (Sourin)

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