Pikovaia dama = The queen of spades : opera in three acts /

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 ic...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Chorus Intermezzo (Singer, Performer), Escolania Montserrat (Singer, Performer), Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain). Cor (Singer, Performer), Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona, Spain). Orquestra Simfònica (Instrumentalist, Performer)
Other Authors:	Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, Ataneli, Lado (Singer, Performer), Boder, Michael (Conductor), Chaĭkovskiĭ, Modest, 1850-1916 (Librettist), D'Agostino, Pietro (Director), Deflo, Gilbert (Director), Didyk, Misha (Singer, Performer), Faura, Albert (Lighting designer), Loujine, Nadejda (Choreographer, choreographer (expression)), Magee, Emily (Singer, Performer), Orlandi, William (Costume designer, Set designer), Podleś, Ewa, 1952- (Singer, Performer), Tézier, Ludovic, 1968- (Singer, Performer), Vas, Francisco (Singer, Performer), Vekua, Mikhail (Singer, Performer), Zaremba, Elena (Singer, Performer), Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
Format:	Video
Language:	Russian
Language Notes:	Sung in Russian.
Published:	[Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex] : Opus Arte, 2011.
Series:	Classical music in video
Subjects:	Operas. Operas Streaming videos. Filmed performances
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)

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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.
Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (175 min.).
Playing Time:	02:54:59
Production Credits:	Pietro d'Agostino, TV director ; Gemma Felius, producer ; Victor Pérez, producer for TV ; Celia Cuellar, editor ; Gilbert Deflo, stage director ; William Orlandi, designer ; Albert Faura, lighting designer ; Nadeja L. Loujine, choreographer.