Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades

Name: Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
Director: Brian Large
Genre: Music
Released: 2002-05-05
Duration: 2 h 59 min
Cast: Gegam Grigorian, Sergei Leiferkus, Ludmila Filatova, Maria Guleghina, Olga Borodina

2002

2h 59m

Music

Director: Brian Large

Overview

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.