The Queen of Spades

opera in three acts, seven scenes
Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky,
after the novel by Alexander Pushkin
Production by Alexander Galibin
Performed in Russian
The performance will have synchronised
English supertitles

Credits

Musical Director: Valery Gergiev
Stage Director: Alexander Galibin
Set Designer: Alexander Orlov
Costume Designer: Irina Cherednikova
Lighting Designer: Gleb Filshtinsky
Musical Preparation: Irina Soboleva
Principal Chorus Master: Andrei Petrenko
Children’s Chorus Master: Dmitry Ralko
World premiere: 19 December 1890, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Premiere of this production: 28 May 1999, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Running time 3 hours 50 minutes
The performance has two intevals

Changes to the playbill

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