The Queen Of Spades

Show Info Cast & Creative

Genre Opera/Dance

Venue

First Performance 22/11/2011

Closing 24/11/2011

Running Time 3h05

Opera North opens its first season at the Barbican with Tchaikovsky’s tale of greed, gambling and madness, The Queen Of Spades.

Herman is desperate to discover a secret that will guarantee him eternal wealth – the secret of the three cards. But when fate deals against him, desire turns to compulsion. Gripped by madness, he gambles with both love and life, and loses at both.

This prestigious new production of The Queen Of Spades is conducted by Opera North’s Music Director Richard Farnes.

A work of vast emotional scale, The Queen Of Spades brims with drama and passion, displaying the full breadth of Tchaikovsky’s genius.

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Cast

Dame Josephine Barstow, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Orla Boylan

Creative

Director - Neil Bartlett

Producer - Opera North

Choreographer - Leah Hausman

Conductor - Richard Farnes

Lighting Designer - Chris Davey

Set Designer - Kandis Cook

Translated By - Martin Pickard and Neil Bartlett

Music By - Tchaikovsky

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