The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 15, 1999

Original language

English

Cast

Elisabeth Söderström,Galina Gorchakova,Nikolai Putilin,Dmitri Hvorostovsky,Plácido Domingo

Director

Elijah Moshinsky

Writer

Modest Tchaikovsky

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0302957