The Queen of Spades

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The Queen of Spades is an opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novella about obsession, gambling, and fate.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf lyric opera
opera
adaptationOf opera "The Queen of Spades"
surface form: The Queen of Spades (Pushkin story)
basedOn The Queen of Spades self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Queen of Spades (novella)
basedOnAuthor Alexander Pushkin
catalogueNumber Op. 68
characterRole Hermann is a poor officer obsessed with learning a secret winning card formula
Liza
surface form: Liza is the Countess’s ward and Hermann’s love interest

The Countess is an old noblewoman who knows a legendary three-card secret
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
compositionEndYear 1890
compositionStartYear 1889
differenceFromSource libretto alters Pushkin’s plot and character motivations
firstPublisher Jurgenson
genre Russian opera
romantic opera
language Russian
librettist Modest Tchaikovsky
mainCharacter Countess
Hermann
Liza
musicalStyle late Romantic
notableAria Ya imeni yeyo ne znayu (Hermann’s aria)
surface form: “Ya imeni yeyo ne znayu” (Hermann’s aria)
notableNumber Liza’s Act III aria at the canal
notableRecording recordings by leading Russian and international opera companies
numberOfActs 3
operaNumberInOeuvre Tchaikovsky’s seventh completed opera
orchestration full romantic orchestra
originalTitle The Queen of Spades self-linksurface differs
surface form: Пиковая дама
originalTitleLanguage Russian
placeOfComposition Russia
premiereCity St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
premiereCountry Russian Empire
premiereDate 1890-12-19
premierePlace Mariinsky Theatre
surface form: Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg
publisherLocation Moscow
setting St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
settingPeriod late 18th century
significance key work in the Russian operatic repertoire
one of Tchaikovsky’s major operas
structure three acts and seven scenes
theme fate
gambling
obsession
supernatural
unrequited love
typicalPerformanceDuration about 3 hours
vocalForces soloists, chorus, and orchestra

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky notableWork The Queen of Spades
opera "The Queen of Spades" basedOn The Queen of Spades
subject surface form: The Queen of Spades
this entity surface form: The Queen of Spades (novella)
opera "The Queen of Spades" originalTitle The Queen of Spades
subject surface form: The Queen of Spades
this entity surface form: Пиковая дама
Two Cities Films produced The Queen of Spades
The Queen of Spades basedOn The Queen of Spades self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Queen of Spades (novella)
The Queen of Spades originalTitle The Queen of Spades self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Пиковая дама
Edith Evans notableWork The Queen of Spades
Otto Heller notableWork The Queen of Spades
Otto Heller workedOn The Queen of Spades