Royal Opera House: The Queen of Spades (2019)
January 22, 2019
Stefan Herheim
Director
Modest Tchaikovsky
Writer
Rate
Diary
Overview
The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005, the Opéra Bastille mounted a compelling production featuring Vladimir Galouzine as the mad lover Hermann, Hasmik Papian as the doomed Lisa, and Irina Bogatcheva as the mysterious Comtesse.
