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Opera

Pikovaya Dama
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

Presentation
Opera
Either I am horribly mistaken, Modya, or this opera is a masterpiece.

When Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky wrote those words to his brother Modest in 1890, he didn’t know yet that history would prove him right. He composed The Queen of Spades, for which his brother wrote the libretto, in a feverish burst of creative energy. Unlike in the work of the same name by Pushkin, Hermann in the opera is torn between his feelings for Lisa and a destructive idée fixe. The delusions of card games, a consuming passion and the menace of fate are among the elements that Tchaikovsky uses to depict poetic moments that contrast with extravagant scenes set in high society. Do the fears and neuroses of the characters in The Queen of Spades have a particular resonance with our age? This is what the director David Marton, who previously staged Capriccio at La Monnaie, will set out to explore. Nathalie Stutzmann performed in our recital series in 2015; this will be her first time conducting at La Monnaie.

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Dates & tickets

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Location

La Monnaie

Prices

Dynamic ticket prices
Starting from € 12 to € 165
-30 years old: € 10 / € 50

Language

Sung in Russian
Surtitles in Dutch and French

Presentation

Introductory talks 45' before the start of the performance (NL/FR)

Streaming

Broadcast live on Klara
23.9.2022
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Broadcast live on Musiq3
23.9.2022

Running time

3:30 (including one break)

Opera in 3 acts
Libretto by Modest Il’yich Tchaikovsky and the composer,
after Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin’s novella

World premiere
Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
19.12.1890 

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Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
Cast

ConductorNATHALIE STUTZMANN
DirectorDAVID MARTON

Set designCHRISTIAN FRIEDLÄNDER CostumesPOLA KARDUM LightingHENNING STRECK DramaturgyLUCIEN STRAUCH Chorus masterCHRISTOPH HEIL

HermannDMITRY GOLOVNIN Count Tomsky - ZlatogorLAURENT NAOURI Prince YeletskyJACQUES IMBRAILO CountessANNE SOFIE VON OTTER LisaANNA NECHAEVA Polina - MilovzorCHARLOTTE HELLEKANT ChekalinskyALEXANDER KRAVETS SurinMISCHA SCHELOMIANSKI Chaplitsky / Master of CeremonyMAXIME MELNIK * NarumovJUSTIN HOPKINS GovernessMIREILLE CAPELLE Masha - PrilepaEMMA POSMAN *

* MM Laureate

Pianist on stageALFREDO ABBATI

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Choirs
La Monnaie Choral Academy and Children's and Youth Choirs, led by Benoît Giaux

ProductionDE MUNT / LA MONNAIEWith the support ofLOTERIE NATIONALE

In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter

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