Name: Pikovaya Dama
Start: 2016-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2016-07-03T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Dutch National Opera & Ballet

Admin

Organization

Chanteur

Ténor

Misha Didyk

Hermann

Baryton

Alexey Markov

Le Comte Tomski

Vladimir Stoyanov

Le Prince Yeletski

Andrey Popov

Tchekalinski

Basse

Andrii Goniukov

Sourine

Mikhail Makarov

Tchaplitski

Anatoli Sivko

Narumov

Morschi Franz

Le Maître des Cérémonies

Mezzo-soprano

Larissa Diadkova

La Comtesse

Soprano

Svetlana Aksenova

Lisa

Contralto

Anna Goryachova

Pauline

Pelageya Kurennaya

Prilepa

Direction d'orchestre

Mariss Jansons

Mise en scène

Stefan Herheim

Décors

Philipp Fürhofer

Costumes

Dramaturgie

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach

Holland Festival

Direction de choeur

Caro Kindt

Chin-Lien Wu

De Nationale Opera

Orchestra

Concertgebouworkest

Others

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

russe

Pikovaya Dama -  (La Dame de Pique)

Amsterdam

Pays-Bas

Dutch National Opera & Ballet

What is life? A game! As one of the highlights of the Holland Festival, the renowned director Stefan Herheim staged Tchaikovsky's popular opera about a young man who gambles away his chance for love and happiness for the prospect of earthly wealth.

The protagonist, Hermann, bets all on gambling, believing that there must be a secret formula that prevents him from losing at cards. He wants to know the secret of his girlfriend Lisa's grandmother: How is it that she was such a successful player? Herman confronts her and forces her to reveal her secret and threatens her with a revolver. The Countess dies from the shock. It is her spirit that later appears before the young officer and reveals the deadly sequence of cards: three, seven, ace. After losing everything, Hermann commits suicide, becoming the third victim of his own compulsive gambling behavior - after the old countess , who is said to have known the secret, and Lisa, who was in love with him.

The score of The Queen of Spades was written by Tchaikovsky in just 44 days, during a time of turmoil about himself and his homosexuality. Herheim, whose productions are known for their complex layers of interpretation, attempts to reflect on the composer's hidden love for men.

Former music director Mariss Jansons returns to Amsterdam to conduct Pique Dame at the Dutch National Opera with "his" Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He joins a remarkable cast, including star tenor Misha Didyk, a sought-after interpreter of the Russian repertoire, who is making his Amsterdam debut as Herman. The critics are unanimous about the quality of the production: "A Pique Dame of extraordinary musical and scenic power" (Avant-Scène Opéra), which is "absolutely worth seeing"! (The world).

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