The Metropolitan Opera: The Queen of Spades (2025)
Tchaikovsky’s macabre thriller, set against the backdrop of Tsarist Russia, is back in the Met’s atmospheric staging. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva makes her highly anticipated role debut as Lisa, the young woman who embarks on a deadly love affair with the gambling-obsessed officer Hermann, sung by tenor Arsen Soghomonyan in his Met debut. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his moving portrayal of Lisa’s fiancé, Prince Yeletsky, alongside mezzo-soprano Violeta Urmana as the spectral Countess and baritone Alexey Markov as Count Tomsky. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the sweeping score.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
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Sonya Yoncheva as Lisa |
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Maria Barakova as Pauline |
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Violeta Urmana as Countess |
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Arsen Soghomonyan as Hermann |
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Igor Golovatenko as Prince Yeletsky |
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Alexey Markov as Count Tomsky |
| Writing | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mark Thompson | Costume Designer |
| Lighting | Paul Pyant | Lighting Design |
| Directing | Elijah Moshinsky | Director |
