Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades

(2002)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 11 votes

Genres: Music

Year: 2002

Runtime: 179 мин

Director: Brian Large

Cast: Gegam Grigorian, Sergei Leiferkus, Ludmila Filatova, Maria Guleghina, Olga Borodina, Mariinsky Orchestra

Plot

The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.