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: Tchaikovsky
Lyrics(s): Tchaikovsky, Modest Il'pich Tchaikovsky (after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's novella)
Company: Grange Park Opera
Conductor: Stephen Barlow
Choreographer: Lucy Burge
Lighting: Paul Keogan
Sound: Sebastian Frost
Other: Darren Lang (Illusion consultant)