Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)

Synopsis

From the Glyndebourne Festival Opera 1992: Producer Graham Vick, designer Richard Hudson, conductor Sir Andrew Davis, the London Philharmonic and the full cast of singers won unanimous critical acclaim for their revelatory interpretation of this mesmeric and psychologically harrowing work. Hudson's eighteenth-century costumes are sumptuously realistic, while his set is abstract and modern. The cast features three top Russian singers – Sergei Leiferkus, Dimitri Kharitonov and Yuri Marusin. Nancy Gustafson, Felicity Palmer and Louise Winter also won high praise for their performances in this “marvellous and brilliant piece of modern music-theatre” (Financial Times). (Sung in Russian)

Additional Info

• No: R0489
• Composer: Peter Tchaikovsky
• Conductor: Andrew Davis
• Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Glyndebourne Chorus
• Artists: Juri Marusin, Nancy Gustafson, Felicity Palmer, Sergei Leiferkus, Dmitri Kharitonov
• Production year: 1992
• Run time: 02:50:00
• Director: Staged by Graham Vick
• Producers: Arthaus
• Format: HDTV