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

Dirigent

Paul Daniel

Regisseur

Paul Curran

Set designer

Gary McCann

Kostuum ontwerper

Licht ontwerper

Johanna Town

Zanger

Tenor

Eduard Martynyuk

Herman

Baritone

Andrii Kymach

Graf Tomsky

Ilya Kutyukin

Knyaz Yeletsky

Alexey Dolgov

Chekalinsky

Bass

Edwin Kaye

Surin

Christopher Gillett

Chaplitsky

Rasporyaditel

Mezzo-soprano

Josephine Barstow

Grafinya

Soprano

Anush Hovhannisyan

Liza

Contralto

Arlene Belli

Polina

Lucy Schaufer

Guvernantka

Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Others

The Grange Festival Chorus

Russisch

The Queen of Spades

Northington-Alresford

Verenigd Koninkrijk

The Grange

Pikovaya Dama Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Public

Schoppenvrouw

Approved

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.

English

Voorstellingscredits (Cast & Productieteam )

Cast

Productieteam

Ensemble

Co-producent