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. Sung in Russian with surtitles. Run time approx 3hrs 20mins

Cast/Performers

Catrin Wyn-Davies (Lisa), Ann Murray (The Countess), Tomas Tomasson (Tomsky), David Soar (Sourin), Hubert Francis (Tchekalinsky), Alexandra Sherman (Pauline)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Lyrics(s): Tchaikovsky, Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)
Company(s): Welsh National Opera, Den Norske Opera, Teatro Communale di Bologna, Canadian Opera Company
Conductor: Alexander Polianichko
Director(s): Richard Jones, Linda Dobell (assistant)
Design: John Macfarlane
Lighting: Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer: Linda Dobell