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Summary:

Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of 'the three cards' from her grandmother, the Countess, played by iconic contralto Ewa Podles. This opulent production from Barcelona's Liceu captures St Petersburg in the era of Catherine the Great, while the house's Music Director Michael Boden conducts a large and impressive cast.

Author/Creator:

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893

Contributors:

Ataneli, Lado , performer

Boder, Michael , conductor

Chaĭkovskiĭ, Modest, 1850-1916 , librettist

D'Agostino, Pietro , director

Deflo, Gilbert , director

Didyk, Misha , performer

Faura, Albert , lighting designer

Loujine, Nadejda , choreographer

Magee, Emily , performer

Orlandi, William , costume designer, set designer

Podleś, Ewa, 1952- , performer

Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837

Tézier, Ludovic, 1968- , performer

Vas, Francisco , performer

Vekua, Mikhail , performer

Zaremba, Elena , performer

Chorus Intermezzo , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Escolania Montserrat , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain) > Cor , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain) > Orquesta simfonica , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

Russian

Language Notes:

Sung in Russian.

Main Work:

Pikovai︠a︡ dama [by Tchaikovsky, P.I.]

Included Works:

Pikovai︠a︡ dama [by Pushkin, A.S.]

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: The queen of spades: opera in three acts
Title translation: Pique Dame

Subjects:

Operas

Genres:

Operas

Online media

Internet videos

Performers:

Misha Didyk (Hermann) ; Lado Ataneli (Count Tomsky/Zlatogor) ; Ludovic Tézier (Prince Yeletsky) ; Ewa Podlés (Countess) ; Emily Magee (Lisa) ; Elena Zaremba (Plina) ; Mikhaïl Vekua (Chaplitsky) ; Francisco Vas (Chekalinsky) ; additional solists ; Escolania de Montserrat ; Chorus Intermezzo ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu ; Michael Boder, conductor.

Production Credits:

Pietro d'Agostino, TV director ; Gemma Felius, producer ; Victor PeÌrez, producer for TV ; Celia Cuellar, editor ; Gilbert Deflo, stage director ; William Orlandi, designer ; Albert Faura, lighting designer ; Nadeja L. Loujine, choreographer.

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Recorded June 30 and July 1, 2010, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (175 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

877884340

Other Control Numbers:

2087887 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP2087887/avon