The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera] (1999)
Elijah Moshinsky’s atmospheric production, designed by Mark Thompson, sets the stage for this gripping performance of Tchaikovsky’s passionate setting of Pushkin’s classic novel. Valery Gergiev’s idiomatic and authoritative conducting inspires a superb cast, headed by Plácido Domingo (Ghermann), breathtaking in his portrayal of a man unraveling toward suicide. Galina Gorchakova is Lisa, the woman he loves and destroys, Dmitri Hvorostovsky lends a superb voice and regal bearing to Prince Yeletsky; and Elisabeth Söderström is hair-raising as the old Countess. Olga Borodina is Paulina and Nikolai Putilin is Count Tomsky.
Director: Elijah Moshinsky
https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=811357011638
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Galina Gorchakova as Lisa |
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Prince Yeletsky |
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Plácido Domingo as Gherman |
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Elisabeth Söderström as Countess |
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Nikolai Putilin as Count Tomsky |
| Sound | MET Orchestra | Music |
| Writing | Modest Tchaikovsky | Writer |
| Sound | Valery Gergiev | Conductor |
| Crew | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Compositor |
| Directing | Elijah Moshinsky | Director |