Lack of emotional connection in Pique Dame

By Katherine Syer, 06 March 2017

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Reviewed at Hungarian State Opera: Auditorium, Budapest on 3 March 2017

Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)

Hungarian State Opera

Balázs Kocsár, Conductor

Vadim Milkov, Director

Victor Volsky, Set Designer

Rafael Volsky, Costume Designer

Kristian Benedikt, Herman

Zoltán Kelemen, Tomsky

Károly Szemerédy, Yeletsky

Szilvia Rálik, Lisa

Erika Gál, Polina

Lívia Budai, The Countess

Kornélia Bakos, The Governess

László Beöthy-Kiss, Chaplitsky

Tivadar Kiss, Chekalinsky

Tibor Szappanos, Chekalinsky

Lajos Geiger, Narumov

István Kovács, Surin

Ferenc Cserhalmi, Surin

Erika Markovics, Masha

Lilla Horti, Masha

Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

Hungarian State Opera Chorus

György Szakály, Choreography

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Katherine Syer

Katherine Syer is a Los Angeles-based writer/editor, public scholar, and dramaturg following a teaching career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and UCLA

Lack of emotional connection in Pique Dame in Budapest