Mariss Jansons conducts The Queen of Spades by Tchaikovsky
The Queen of Spades; Opera in three acts, op. 68, by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893); Libretto by Modest Ilych Tchaikovsky after Alexander Pushkin's novella; First performance in Saint-Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre, 19 December 1890; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons (Conductor); Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Nieuw Amsterdams Kinderkoor; Stefan Herheim (Stage Direction); Philipp Fürhofer (Sets), Philipp Fürhofer (Costumes); Misha Didyk (Herman); Alexey Markov (Tomski); Vladimir Stoyanov (Yeletsky); Andrei Popov (Chekalinsky); Andrii Goniukov (Surin); Mikhail Makarov (Chaplitsky); Anatoli Sivko (Narumov); Larissa Diadkova (The Countess); Svetlana Aksenova (Lisa); Anna Goryachova (Polina); Pelageya Kurennaya (Prilepa); Directed by Misjel Vermeiren; Recorded at De Nationale Opera, Amsterdam, 2016 (181 min)
