Performance

Venue	Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	21st July 2006
To	4th August 2006
When	Jul 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, Aug 2, 4 at 19:30
What is currently on at Opera Holland Park - Open Air Theatre (V203)

The Queen of Spades

T0602299044
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:T0602299044, opera or operetta:S2065, venue:V203

Production details

New Production. Sung in Russian with English surtitles

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Company	Opera Holland Park
Company	City of London Sinfonia
Company	Opera Holland Park Chorus
Conductor	Stuart Stratford
Director	Martin Lloyd-Evans
Design	Jamie Vartan
Costume	Donatella Barbiere
Lighting	Colin Grenfell
Choreographer	Isabel Mortimer
Performer	Pawel Wunder (Herman)
Performer	Mark Stone (Prince Yeletsky)
Performer	Matthew Hargreaves (Count Tomsky)
Performer	Orla Boylan (Lisa)
Performer	Carole Wilson (The Countess)
Performer	Aled Hall (Chekalinsky)
Performer	Omar Ebrahim (Surin)
Performer	Antonia Sotgiu (Polina)
Performer	Rob Burt (Chaplitsky / Master of Ceremonies)
Performer	Stephanie Bodsworth (Masha)
Performer	Mark Saberton (Narumov)

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