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Why The Queen of Spades is Tchaikovsky's lesser-known masterpiece (The Royal Opera)
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2019
- Tchaikovsky’s most ambitious opera contains some of his greatest music and is a powerful study of destructive obsession. Cast Vladimir Stoyanov, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Aleksandrs Antonenko, Conductor Antonio Pappano, Director Stefan Herheim and Designer Philipp Fürhofer discuss why they love performing this powerful opera. Find out more www.roh.org.uk/productions/th...
Tchaikovsky began work on The Queen of Spades in 1889. He based it on a short story by Alexander Pushkin, one of his favourite writers. He and his brother Modest (his co-librettist) dramatically altered Pushkin's plot, turning Gherman from a cynical opportunist into an ardent lover and Liza into a tragic figure. Tchaikovsky put a great deal of work into the opera's premiere at St Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre in 1890, and was thrilled by its success.
The Queen of Spades is one of Tchaikovsky's most impressive and varied scores, containing grand choruses, intimate arias and duets (such as Liza and Gherman's passionate Act I love duet), a masquerade paying tribute to Mozart and a terrifying supernatural episode. Stefan Herheim's spectacular production places Tchaikovsky himself at the heart of the action, and asks searching questions about the nature of creativity and the parallels between life and art.
I loved how he described the composing of an opera.
This is just brilliant and all actors sang almost without accent, this is a great work!
La Dame de Pique est mon opéra préféré, je l'ai chanté autrefois et je suis triste de voir comme on le transforme maintenant ; quel dommage un opéra aussi magnifique !
What an amazing conception for this production of what I deem in all seriousness to be one of the greatest operas ever written (it has Mahler, "Wozzeck," Proust, and Freud on the tip of its tongue)! I'm not sure whether the production would have convinced me, but I surely would have found it fascinating!
Amazing Opera in any aspect
Brilliant! I want to see this live now,
Wow!! The Queen of Spades is a great opera and this production and cast look amazing. Thank you for this informative video. C❤❤
I love this so much I cant possibly explain why
The subtitling is revolting. Price Alaska indeed!!
For me, Pikovaya Dama is so much better than Onegin it's not even up for discussion. it's all sublime: character development, the story and plot (let's face it, not many operas' strong suit) and most of all the music. It has love, murder, booze and cards: what more could you want?
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So why is it lesser known? Did I miss the explanation?
I was thinking the same thing.
Perhaps to Eugene Onegin
@@axelzeltsch1668 It's become almost as well-known as "Onegin" in the course of the past years, at least here in Germany - but it's surely much harder to perform and to stage than "Onegin." Maybe its comparative neglect also has something to do with its plot's being terribly tragic and even quite frightening. Perhaps the popularity of Mahler has facilitated, in retrospect, receptivity for Tchaikovsky's amazing experiments with harmony and orchestration in this incredibly masterful opera!
Very interesting clip, but I'm not sure director Stefan Herheim's premises are accurate. Tchaikovsky was homosexual, but, according to what I've read, he didn't seem to have been tormented by it very much, besides during his brief and disastrous marriage, which coincided with the writing of Onegin. It is true though that Tchaikovsky seemed obsessed with the character of Herman. There's a fascinating Tchaikovsky research website with some analysis and translated letters on his life.
I think Herman's obsession with the Countess has something to do with Tchaikovsky's obsession with his mother. Tchaikovsky might not have realized this consciously, but the phenomenon of obsession surely informs the entire opera and charges it with almost unbearable intensity!
@@fredrickroll06 Herman wasn't obsessed with countess, he was obsessed with getting the secret of 3 cards from her
There's also a fair bit of cherry-picking going on to turn Tchaikovsky into the tormented soul he's supposed to have been. Many of his letters, the majority even, are quite cheerful. And we should not forget how late 19th century intellectuals were much more open about their emotions in correspondence, but also tended to inflate them for effect. It's a large stylistic difference with later and certainly modern correspondence.
I don't think it's lesser known.. I love the Pushkin's story, the opera and ballet which is actually closer to original story than opera which (the story) is mainly a search for 3 winning cards by Hermann and he only seduces Lisa to get closer to old countess and it doesn't end well for him.
Actually the opera has almost nothing to do with Pushkin's story - there is no such psychoanalytical aspect there, like in opera. Not even close. And of course the most breathtaking scene at Zimniaya kanavka, after which Lisa makes suicide ( in Pushkin's story she just got married ).
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What a over-indulgent , pretentious concept for this great opera. The composer on stage as he wrote his opera while it's being performed. Bad idea. Bad.
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