Name: The Queen of Spades
Start: 2023-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-02T00:00:00.000Z
Location: The Grange

Organization

The Grange Festival

Direction d'orchestre

Paul Daniel

Mise en scène

Paul Curran

Décors

Gary McCann

Costumes

Lumières

Johanna Town

Chanteur

Ténor

Eduard Martynyuk

Hermann

Baryton

Andrii Kymach

Le Comte Tomski

Ilya Kutyukin

Le Prince Yeletski

Alexey Dolgov

Tchekalinski

Basse

Edwin Kaye

Sourine

Christopher Gillett

Tchaplitski

Le Maître des Cérémonies

Mezzo-soprano

Josephine Barstow

La Comtesse

Soprano

Anush Hovhannisyan

Lisa

Contralto

Arlene Belli

Pauline

Lucy Schaufer

Une Gouvernante

Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Others

The Grange Festival Chorus

russe

The Queen of Spades

Northington-Alresford

Royaume-Uni

The Grange

Pikovaya Dama Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Public

La Dame de Pique

Valide

Pushkin’s moody story, set in the St Petersburg imperial court, is capable of multiple interpretations. It is clearly ‘an eternal tale of gambling and avarice’ but also a fantastical excursion into the supernatural and an exploration of how over-weaning obsession erodes rational behaviour. Tchaikovsky had a huge and immediate success with his 1890 operatic version, first performed in St Petersburg and then a week later in Kyiv.

The central role of Herman will be sung at The Grange by Ukrainian tenor Eduard Martynyuk, currently fighting for his country’s survival; we welcome also fellow Ukrainian Andrei Kymach as Count Tomsky and Ilya Kytyukin as Prince Yeletsky. We are privileged to announce Dame Josephine Barstow as the Countess, with the star Armenian soprano Anush Hovhannisyan as Lisa and Arlene Belli as Polina, both making their Grange Festival debuts. Paul Daniel conducts and our new production will be created by Paul Curran (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2021) and acclaimed designer Gary McCann.

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