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La Dame de pique
Opéra Bastille - from 22 May to 12 June 2021
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La Dame de pique
Opera Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
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Opéra Bastille - from 22 May to 12 June 2021
3h25 with 1 interval
Language : Russian
Surtitle : French / English
About
In few words:
Two obsessions can no more exist in the same mind than two bodies in the
same space", wrote Pushkin in "The Queen of Spades" in 1834. A
story in which the young Hermann, eager for social ascension, is obsessed by a
magic formula in the possession of an old countess. To obtain this formula that
would enable him to win at cards, he sacrifices his love for Lisa.
Tchaikovsky's opera of 1890 paints a bitter portrait of the generation of the
final years of Tsarist Russia. Saint Petersburg's streets, embankments and
balls surge out from a score that deliberately seeks to recreate eighteenth-century
musical forms, yet sacrifices nothing to the fervent lyricism so distinctive of
Tchaikovsky's music. This evocation of a far northern city, cut off from the
land and, hence, from reason, might also be seen as a portrait of the composer.
Lev Dodin underlines this notion of loss of reason by setting the characters in
an asylum where ghostly visions haunt lost souls as obsessively as the three
winning cards "three, seven, ace" that echo in Hermann's mind.
- Opening
- First part 100 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 75 mn
- End
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La Dame de pique
Opera in three acts and seven scenes (1890)
After Alexandre Pouchkine
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Music :
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski - (1840-1893)
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Libretto :
Modeste Tchaïkovski
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Conductor :
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Director :
Lev Dodin
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Set design :
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Costume design :
Chloé Obolensky
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Lighting design :
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Choreography :
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Dramaturgy :
Mikhail Stronin
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Chorus master :
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Hermann :
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Comte Tomski :
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John Lundgren
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Prince Eletski :
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Tchekalinski :
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Alexey Dolgov
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Sourine :
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Gábor Bretz
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Tchaplitski :
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Naroumov :
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Pyotr Migunov
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Le maître de cérémonie :
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La comtesse :
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Lisa :
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Pauline :
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La gouvernante :
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Macha :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
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Gallery
1/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
2/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
3/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
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4/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
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5/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
6/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
7/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
8/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
9/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
10/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
11/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
12/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
13/13 :
La Dame de pique (saison 11/12)
© Elisa Haberer / OnP
Beyond the experience
La Dame de Pique will be video recorded with the support of the Fondation Orange, sponsors of the audiovisual broadcastings at the Paris Opera. With the help of Fra cinéma, this performance will be live-streaming from June 3th in France and Europe, in UGC movie theatres (at the occasion of the season Viva l’Opéra!), in the CGR and independent movie theatres, and worldwide at a later stage.
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