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Organization

Cantante

Tenore

Misha Didyk

Herman

Baritono

Alexey Markov

Il Conte Tomskij

Vladimir Stoyanov

Il Principe Eletskij

Andrei Popov

Čekalinskij

Basso

Andrii Goniukov

Surin

Mikhail Makarov

Čaplitskij

Anatoli Sivko

Narumov

Morschi Franz

Il maestro di cerimonie

Mezzosoprano

Larissa Diadkova

La Contessa

Soprano

Svetlana Aksenova

Liza

Contralto

Anna Goryachova

Polina

Pelageya Kurennaya

Prilepa

Direzione d'orchestra

Mariss Jansons

Regia

Stefan Herheim

Scenografia

Philipp Fürhofer

Costumi

Drammaturgia

Alexander Meier-Dörzenbach

Holland Festival

Direzione del coro

Caro Kindt

Chin-Lien Wu

De Nationale Opera

Orchestra

Concertgebouworkest

Others

Chorus of Dutch National Opera

russo

Pikovaya Dama -  (La dama di picche)

Amsterdam

Paesi Bassi

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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