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The Queen of Spades


 

The Queen of Spades (??????? ???? in Russian, Pikovaya dama in transliteration) is an opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story by the poet Aleksandr Pushkin. First performance: Maryinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, 19 December,1890.

Characters

  • Principal roles
  • Hermann - tenor
  • Countess - mezzo-soprano
  • Lisa, her granddaughter - soprano
  • Minor roles
  • Count Tomsky - baritone
  • Prince Yeletsky - baritone
  • Chekalinsky - tenor
  • Surin - bass
  • Chaplitsky - tenor
  • Master of Ceremonies - tenor
  • Pauline, Lisa?s confidante - contralto
  • Governess - mezzo-soprano
  • Chloë - soprano
  • Other
  • Narumov - bass
  • Masha, Lisa?s maid - soprano
  • Nursemaids, governesses, strollers, children, gamblers - chorus