Film

The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

1999 · 2h 51m · Music · Drama · Fantasy

IMDb

7.8

Elijah Moshinsky’s atmospheric production, designed by Mark Thompson, sets the stage for this gripping performance of Tchaikovsky’s passionate setting of Pushkin’s classic novel. Valery Gergiev’s idiomatic and authoritative conducting inspires a superb cast, headed by Plácido Domingo (Ghermann), breathtaking in his portrayal of a man unraveling toward suicide. Galina Gorchakova is Lisa, the woman he loves and destroys, Dmitri Hvorostovsky lends a superb voice and regal bearing to Prince Yeletsky; and Elisabeth Söderström is hair-raising as the old Countess. Olga Borodina is Paulina and Nikolai Putilin is Count Tomsky.

Galina Gorchakova

Lisa

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Prince Yeletsky

Plácido Domingo

Gherman

Elisabeth Söderström

Countess

Nikolai Putilin

Count Tomsky

• Elijah MoshinskyDirector
• Modest TchaikovskyWriter

Release date

April 15, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 51m

Genres

Music, Drama, Fantasy