Pique Dame
Running time: 3 hours 43 minutes ca. intermission included
FIRST ACT 65 minutes / Pause 25 minutes / SECOND ACT 61 minutes / Pause 25 minutes / THIRD ACT 47 minutes
Opera in three acts and seven sets
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Musical materials of Mariinsky Theatre historical production of the Queen of Spades 1984 provided by courtesy of the State Academic Mariinsky Theatre St. Petersburg, Russia
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
Treble Voices Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala Academy
| Conductor |
Valery Gergiev (23 Feb.) Timur Zangiev (5, 8, 13, 15 Mar.) |
| Staging | Matthias Hartmann |
| Sets | Volker Hintermeier |
| Costumes | Malte Lübben |
| Lights | Mathias Märker |
| Playwright | Michael Küster |
| Choreographer | Paul Blackman |
| Chorus Master | Alberto Malazzi |
CAST |
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|---|---|
| Hermann | Najmiddin Mavlyanov |
| Count Tomskij | Roman Burdenko |
| Prince Eleckij | Alexey Markov |
| Chekalinsky | Yevgeny Akimov |
| Surin | Alexei Botnarciuc |
| Chaplitsky |
Sergey Radchenko |
| Narumov | Matías Moncada |
| Master of Ceremonies | Brayan Ávila Martínez |
| Countess | Julia Gertseva |
| Liza |
Asmik Grigorian (23 Feb. e 5, 13 Mar.) Elena Guseva (8, 15 Mar.) |
| Polina |
Elena Maximova (23 Feb. e 5, 8, 13 Mar.) Olga Syniakova (15 Mar.) |
| Governess | Olga Savova |
| Masha/Prilepa | Maria Nazarova |
| Milovzor | Olga Syniakova |
Timur Zangiev conducts a masterpiece of the Russian repertoire. With a libretto by Tchaikovsky’s brother Modest based on Pushkin’s tale, the opera was composed primarily in Florence in 1890 and is one of the composer’s crowning artistic achievements. The obsessive atmospheres of this classic foray into the curse of gambling are entrusted to the director Matthias Hartmann, who has already staged Der Freischütz and Idomeneo at La Scala. Asmik Grigorian returns to Piermarini’s stage as Liza.
