Performance

Venue	Royal Opera House
	Other spaces: Linbury Studio, Ballet Studio, Clore Studio,Floral Hall
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	12th May 2001
To	28th May 2001
When	May 12 at 18:30, May 15, 18, 21, 24, 28 at 19:00
Prices	From £3.00. To £88.00.
What is currently on at Royal Opera House (V377)

The Queen of Spades

T93850622
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:T93850622, opera or operetta:S2065, venue:V377

Production details

New Production. Sung in Russian with English surtitles. Running time 3 hours 45 minutes. This production has been generously sponsored by Alberto Vilar.

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Company

Conductor	Bernard Haitink
Director	Francesca Zambello
Design	Peter J Davison
Costume	Nikki Gillibrand
Lighting	Mark McCullough
Performer	Karita Mattila (Lisa)
Performer	Vladimir Galouzine (Hermann)
Performer	Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Prince Yeletzky)
Performer	Josephine Barstow (Countess)
Performer	Nadja Michael (Pauline)
Performer	Nikolai Putilin (Count Tomsky)
Performer	Robin Leggate
Performer	Jeremy White
Performer	Roderick Earle (Count Tomsky May 28)
Performer	Jenny Grahn (Chloe)
Performer	Francis McCafferty (Governess)
Performer	Elizabeth Sikora (Mascha)
Performer	Henry Moss (Tchaplitsky)
Performer	Michael Dewis (Narumoff)
Performer	Harry Nicoll (Master of Ceremonies)

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.

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