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.
Cast/Performers
Carl Tanner (Hermann),
Anne Sophie Dupreis (Lisa),
Quirijn de Lang (Yeletsky),
Roman Ialcic (Tomsky),
Anne-Marie Owens (The Countess),
Sara Fulgoni (Polina),
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts (Tchekalinsky),
Timothy Dawkins (Surin),
Matthew Hargreaves (Narumov),
Andrew Rees (Tchaplitsky),
Helen Sherman (Governess)
Creatives/Company
Music:
TchaikovskyLyrics(s):
Tchaikovsky,
Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)
Company:
Grange Park OperaConductor:
Stephen BarlowChoreographer:
Lucy BurgeLighting:
Paul KeoganSound:
Sebastian FrostOther:
Darren Lang (Illusion consultant)