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The Queen of Spades | Stage Door Society

The Queen of Spades

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Opera·Premiered 1890·Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky·romantic · russian · psychological

Synopsis

A soldier obsessed with learning an old countess's secret gambling formula descends into madness and death in Pushkin's tale of obsession.

Signature Interpreters

Performers most associated with this work.

Hermann

Brandon Jovanovich
2 recordings

Master Of Ceremonies

Hans Peter Kammerer
2 recordings

Stage Design

Johannes Leiacker
2 recordings

Yeletsky

Boris Pinkhasovich
2 recordings

Piano On Stage

Kristin Okerlund
2 recordings

Most frequently performed at

Metropolitan Opera House
2 appearances · last in 1999
Gran Teatre del Liceu
1 appearance · last in 2010

Recorded Performances

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