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Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades - Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona (2010)

Genre : Music

Runtime : 0M

Director : Pietro d'Agostino, Gilbert Deflo

Synopsis

Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of ‘the three cards’ from her grandmother, the Countess, played by iconic contralto Ewa Podles. This opulent production from Barcelona’s Liceu captures St Petersburg in the era of Catherine the Great, while the house’s Music Director Michael Boder conducts a large and impressive cast. Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 30th June & 1st July 2010.

Actors

Misha Didyk
Misha Didyk
Hermann
Emily Magee
Emily Magee
Liza
Lado Ataneli
Lado Ataneli
Count Tomsky
Ludovic Tézier
Ludovic Tézier
Prince Yeletsky
Ewa Podleś
Ewa Podleś
Countess
Elena Zaremba
Elena Zaremba
Polina
Francisco Vas
Francisco Vas
Chekalinsky
Alberto Feria
Alberto Feria
Mikhail Vekua
Mikhail Vekua
Chaplitsky
Kurt Gysen
Kurt Gysen
Jon Plazaola
Jon Plazaola
Stefania Toczyska
Stefania Toczyska
Claudia Schneider
Claudia Schneider
Masha
Michael Marie Cook
Michael Marie Cook
Michael Boder
Michael Boder

Crews

Pietro d'Agostino
Pietro d'Agostino
Director
Gilbert Deflo
Gilbert Deflo
Director
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Writer

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