Royal Opera House: The Queen of Spades

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.

• Stefan HerheimDirector
• Modest TchaikovskyWriter

• Aleksandrs AntonenkoGherman
• Vladimir StoyanovPrince Yeletsky
• Eva-Maria WestbroekLiza
• Felicity PalmerCountess
• John LundgrenCount Tomsky
• Alexander KravetsChekalinsky
• Anna GoryachovaPaulina
• Tigran MartirossianSurin
• Louise WinterGoverness
• Harry NicollMajor-domo
• Jacquelyn StuckerPrilepa
• Konu KimMichael Mofidian