The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades

The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades

Music | Jan. 22, 2019

The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005, the Opéra Bastille mounted a compelling production featuring Vladimir Galouzine as the mad lover Hermann, Hasmik Papian as the doomed Lisa, and Irina Bogatcheva as the mysterious Comtesse.

The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades

Music | Jan. 22, 2019

The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005, the Opéra Bastille mounted a compelling production featuring Vladimir Galouzine as the mad lover Hermann, Hasmik Papian as the doomed Lisa, and Irina Bogatcheva as the mysterious Comtesse.
Producers Royal Opera House
Original title The ROH Live: The Queen of Spades
Directors Stefan Herheim
Writers

Cast

Vladimir Stoyanov

as Prince Yeletsky

Felicity Palmer

as Countess

John Lundgren

as Count Tomsky

Alexander Kravets

as Chekalinsky

Anna Goryachova

as Paulina

Louise Winter

as Governess

Harry Nicoll

as Major-domo

Jacquelyn Stucker

as Prilepa

Konu Kim

as Michael Mofidian

Renata Skarelyte

as Masha