Opera

Pique Dame

The Queen of Spades
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Opera in three acts
Sung in Russian, with German surtitles.
Libretto: Modest Tchaikocksy (1834), based on the novella of the same Alexander Puschkin
Premiere: 1890 in St. Petersburg

Trailer: Theater TV – Ullrich Bohn
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster
Photo: Karl und Monika Forster

Alexander Pushkin's short story »Pique Dame« tells the tale of three enchanted playing cards which promise fantastic winnings, but may also hold great disaster. The old Countess, formerly known as the Queen of Spades because of her passion for gambling, guards the cards' secret with her life. Hermann, a penniless officer, becomes obsessed with obtaining the secret of the cards and is willing to risk everything for it: life, love and even his own existence. Peter Tchaikovsky turned this story of human avarice into an opera, bringing another main theme into the limelight: love, in the form of Lisa, who follows Herman to the point of self-destruction. Uwe Eric Laufenberg directs Tchaikovsky's parable, with stage and costume designs by Rolf and Marianne Glittenberg.

PREMIERE: 29 January 2022

Cast

Conductor Holger Reinhardt
Director Uwe Eric Laufenberg
Revival Director Silvia Gatto
Stage Design Rolf Glittenberg
Costume Design Marianne Glittenberg
Chorus Master Albert Horne
Lighting Design Andreas Frank
Video Gérard Naziri
Choreography Myriam Lifka
Dramaturgy Constantin Mende
Hermann Aaron Cawley
Count Tomsky KS Thomas de Vries
Prince Yeletsky / Plutus Benjamin Russell
Lisa / Chloë Elena Bezgodkova
Polina / Daphnis Silvia Hauer
Gräfin Romina Boscolo
Chekalinsky Erik Biegel
Surin Mikhail Biryukov
Chaplitsky Patrick James Hurley, Kyoung-Soon Kim
Masha Donata-Alexandra Koch
Dancers Carla Peters, Josefine Rau, Cara Remke, Gabriele Ascani, Jasper Hanebuth
Stage Musician Julia Palmova
Chor & Chorsolisten des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden, Statisterie des Hessischen Staatstheaters Wiesbaden, Hessisches Staatsorchester Wiesbaden