12/14/19 – The Queen of Spades -1 PM

THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

The Queen of Spades
Tchaikovsky

• ESTIMATED RUN TIME:  3 HRS 35 MINS, 1 intermission
• SUNG IN  RUSSIAN
• photo credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera

Tchaikovsky’s eerie thriller of imperial Russia has its first performances at the Met since 2011. Tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko is Hermann, the fanatical gambler whose obsession with a powerful secret drives him to madness. Soprano Lise Davidsen makes her highly anticipated Met debut as his long-suffering lover, Lisa, with mezzo-soprano Larissa Diadkova as the otherworldly Countess. Baritone Igor Golovatenko is Yeletsky, baritone Alexey Markov is Tomsky, and Vasily Petrenko conducts.

You can download performance programs, read the opera synopsis and watch performance videos at: https://www.metopera.org/Season/Radio/Saturday-Matinee-Broadcasts/

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