Released:
2002-05-05

Overview:
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.

Director:
Brian Large

Runtime:
2h 59min

Genre:
Music

• Cast:
• 
  Gegam Grigorian
  as
  Herman
• 
  Sergei Leiferkus
  as
  Conde Tomsky
• 
  Ludmila Filatova
  as
  Condesa
• 
  Maria Guleghina
  as
  Lisa
• 
  Olga Borodina
  as
  Paulina