Performance

Venue	Wales Millennium Centre
	Other spaces: Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Donald Gordon Theatre, Weston Studio Theatre
Town	Cardiff
County	Glamorgan
From	13th May 2009
To	4th June 2009
What is currently on at Wales Millennium Centre (V1984858935)

The Queen of Spades

T01140065464
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:T01140065464, opera or operetta:S2065, venue:V1984858935

Production details

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

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Company	Welsh National Opera
Company	Den Norske Opera
Company	Teatro Communale di Bologna
Company	Canadian Opera Company
Conductor	Alexander Polianichko
Director	Richard Jones
Design	John Macfarlane
Lighting	Jennifer Tipton
Choreographer	Linda Dobell
Director	Linda Dobell (assistant)
Performer	Catrin Wyn-Davies (Lisa)
Performer	Ann Murray (The Countess)
Performer	Tomas Tomasson (Tomsky)
Performer	David Soar (Sourin)
Performer	Hubert Francis (Tchekalinsky)
Performer	Alexandra Sherman (Pauline)

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