Pikovaya Dama
(The Queen of Spades)
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Gran Teatre del Liceu La Rambla 51-59, 08002 Barcelona
Image courtesy of Gran Teatre del Liceu
Alongside Eugene Onegin, Pikovaya Dama is one of Tchaikovsky's greatest contributions to the opera.
Gilbert Deflo's opulent production transports us to a far-off age and underscores the composer's own scathing portrait of society, for beneath the amiable appearance of the Russia of Catherine the Great, a lost generation lies hidden. Tchaikovsky's score evokes the court, streets and river banks of Saint Petersburg through the deliberate recreation of 18th century musical forms and allusions to popular and religious music but never sacrifices his characteristically fervent lyricism. The Queen of Spades ranks alongside Eugene Onegin as his greatest contribution to the world of opera.
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