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| Composer | Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1890 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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LondonRussian Opera Gala and 10th Jubilee Event
Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Bizet, Mozart, Borodin, Rossini, Bulakhov, Yuryev, Traditional Russian, Arensky
Camerata Tchaikovsky; Oleg Soldatov; Oleg Pogudin; Askar Abdrazakov; Mikail Kazinik; Alexander Naumenko
ParisLa Dame de PiqueNew production
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame)
Daniel Barenboim; Dmitri Tcherniakov; Opéra national de Paris; Oksana Lyniv; Elena Zaytseva; Brandon Jovanovich
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The Queen of Spades plays her cards right in Naples
Willy Decker does not try to make the structure of the plot any clearer, mainly concentrating on the deeper meaning of the work. The cast was excellent.
Tchaikovsky’s tale of dark obsession sparkles with notable Met debuts
The young soprano Lise Davidsen scored a successful debut at the Met, with impressive support by conductor Vasily Petrenko, also making a debut, led a memorable revival of Pique Dame.
A tale of many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at ROH
Herheim places the composer at the centre of his opera in a staging that's clever and erudite but somewhat cold; musical performances are mixed.
Jansons trumps Neuenfels' tame Pique Dame in Salzburg
Mariss Jansons and the Vienna Philharmonic do the real storytelling as Hans Neuenfels' staging underwhelms.
Staging, spectacle, singing: three-card trick at Savonlinna
This was more stadium rock than stuffy opera house, lighting as ‘metaphor made real’ as the lovers were – literally – star-struck, blinded by love.
