Organization

Conductor

Alexandru Samoila

Valery Kritskov

Stage director

Yuri Alexandrov

Artist

Victor Gerasimenko

Lighting designer

Aivar Salikhov

Chorus master

Natalya Popovich

Andrey Lazarev

Singer

Tenor

Mikhail Gubsky

Herman

Sergey Polyakov

Bass

Andrey Fetisov

Surin

Vitaly Efanov

Oleg Shagotsky

Narumov

Dmitry Orlov

Alexander Popov

Soprano

Galina Badikovskaya

Lisa

Marina Nerabeyeva

Olga Terentieva

Contralto

Irina Romishevskaya

Polina

Valeria Pfister

Mezzo-soprano

Governess

Victoria Shevtsova

Masha

Elizaveta Soina

Prilepa

Aleksandra Saulskaya-Shultyaeva

Countess

Agunda Kulaeva

Tatyana Tabachuk

Sergey Tarasov

Baritone

Andrzej Bielecki

Count Tomsky

Artyom Garnov

Ilya Kuzmin

Prince Yeletsky

Vasily Ladyuk

Andrej Breus

Sergey Sheremet

Maxim Ostroukhov

Chekalinsky

Anton Bochkaryov

Chaplitsky

Yaroslav Abaimov

Milovzor

Zlatogor

Novaya Opera

Pikovaya Dama -  (The Queen of Spades)

Moscow

Russia

Novaya Opera Theatre

Pikovaya Dama Tchaikovsky,P

Public

The Queen of Spades

Approved

One of the peaks of the world opera house, an amazing in depth and strength study of the psychological world of man, the opera by P.I. Tchaikovsky "The Queen of Spades" (1890) was created on the basis of the story of A.S. Pushkin (1833); at the same time, some details of the plot have been changed, but most importantly, other accents have been placed. Their meaning and purpose is to exacerbate the romantic conflicts "man - fate", "life - death", "love - game". Formally, the author of the libretto is listed as the composer's brother, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but the invisible "director" was Pyotr Ilyich, who had an outstanding literary talent and dramatic flair.

The main theme of the performance in the stage version of the director Yuri Alexandrov is the tragedy of the heroes, inextricably linked with the tragedy of the country. The fate of the three main characters, Herman, Lisa and the Countess, can be traced in the historical circumstances of the last century. The fourth, invisible hero is the royal family; her death became one of the prologues of russia's drama. The performance is dedicated to
the 400th anniversary of the House of Romanov.

For directors, the difference in the concepts of Pushkin and the Tchaikovsky brothers was and remains a source of inspiration, an occasion to search for new solutions. Unlike the well-known Pushkinized versions (Vsevolod Meyerhold, Yuri Lyubimov, Lev Dodin), the fundamental attitude of Yuri Alexandrov was the preservation of both the musical text of P.I. Tchaikovsky and the very logic of action, the sequence of paintings.

English

The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky, P. I., From (2013/2013), Directed by Yuri Alexandrov,, Conductor Alexandru Samoila, Valery Kritskov, Novaya Opera Theatre, Moscow, Russia

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