Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades
Love, death 鈥� and gambling: the story of an army officer who is obsessed with extracting from an elderly countess the secret of her winning three-card trick.
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Presented by Andrew McGregor.
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades
Yuri Marusin (Hermann)
Sergei Leiferkus (Tomsky)
Dimitri Kharitonov (Prince Yeletsky)
Felicity Palmer (Countess)
Nancy Gustafson (Lisa)
Enid Hartle (Governess)
Anne Dawson (Chloe)
Glyndebourne Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
(From 91热爆 Proms 1992, 26 July)
At the time Chief Conductor of the 91热爆 Symphony Orchestra as well as Music Director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera, newly knighted Sir Andrew Davis brought his distinguished East Sussex opera company to the Royal Albert Hall in 1992 for the Proms premiere of Tchaikovsky鈥檚 chilling supernatural tale of obsession and revenge, based on Pushkin. Nancy Gustafson, who made a memorable Proms appearance (alongside Felicity Palmer) two years earlier as Jan谩膷ek鈥檚 Katya, sings Lisa to the Hermann of leading Russian tenor Yuri Marusin; while Palmer 鈥� who was created DBE the following year 鈥� added Tchaikovsky鈥檚 Countess to her long list of distinguished roles.
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Music Played
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky - Queen of Spades - Act 1
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Tchaikovsky - Queen of Spades - Act 2
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Conductor: Andrew Davis. -
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Jules Massenet
End of Act 2, Scene 1 and Meditation from Thais
Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
Broadcast
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