Details

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. New Production. Sung in Russian with English surtitles

Cast/Performers

Pawel Wunder (Herman), Mark Stone (Prince Yeletsky), Matthew Hargreaves (Count Tomsky), Orla Boylan (Lisa), Carole Wilson (The Countess), Aled Hall (Chekalinsky), Omar Ebrahim (Surin), Antonia Sotgiu (Polina), Rob Burt (Chaplitsky / Master of Ceremonies), Stephanie Bodsworth (Masha), Mark Saberton (Narumov)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Lyrics(s): Tchaikovsky, Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)
Company(s): Opera Holland Park, City of London Sinfonia, Opera Holland Park Chorus
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director: Martin Lloyd-Evans
Design: Jamie Vartan
Costume: Donatella Barbiere
Lighting: Colin Grenfell
Choreographer: Isabel Mortimer