Photo © Delphine Navez, Arnolfini, 2020
Photo © Delphine Navez, Arnolfini, 2020
La Dame de pique
Palais Garnier - from 22 May to 12 June 2021
Sales open on 10 November 2020 at 12h00
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La Dame de pique
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Opera Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
Sales open on 10 November 2020 at 12h00
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Palais Garnier - 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 his short story The Queen of Spades in 1834. The young Hermann, eager for social advancement, sacrifices his love for Lisa over his obsession for a magical formula in the possession of an old Countess which will enable him to win at cards. Having provoked the latter’s death, Hermann will die, deceived by the ghost of his victim. Tchaikovsky’s 1890 opera adaptation paints a scathing portrait of a generation in the fading years of Czarist Russia, hidden beneath the guise of an energetic portrail of the reign of Catherine II. The streets, riverbanks and balls of Saint Petersburg emerge from a score which intentionally seeks to recreate the musical forms of the 18th century, while never sacrificing the fervent lyricism that sets Tchaikovsky’s compositions apart.
For his latest collaboration with the Paris Opera, the Russian director Dmitri Tcherniakov continues his exploration of the great repertoire of his native country with an operatic masterpiece from Russia’s most European composer.
La Dame de pique
Opera in three acts and seven scenes (1890)
After Alexandre Pouchkine
Music :
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski - (1840-1893)
Libretto :
Modeste Tchaïkovski
Director :
Set design :
Costume design :
Lighting design :
Chorus master :
Hermann :
Comte Tomski :
John Lundgren
Prince Eletski :
Tchekalinski :
Alexey Dolgov
Sourine :
Gábor Bretz
Tchaplitski :
Naroumov :
Pyotr Migunov
Le maître de cérémonie :
La comtesse :
Lisa :
Pauline :
La gouvernante :
Macha :
Prilepa :
Maria Nazarova
Milovzor :
Yulia Mazurova
Zlatogor :
Nikolai Zemlyanskyh
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