The Queen of Spades: Original edition
(Pique Dame) op. 68 (1890)Opera in three acts
Duration: 163'
Music Text
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky and the composer after the novel by Alexander Pushkin; original German version by Max Kalbeck; new German version by Rolf Lauckner; English version by Rosa Newmarch (R,G,E)
Scoring
3S,2M,2A,4T,3Bar,2B; chorus; ballet;
3.2(II=corA).2(bcl).0-4.2.3.1-timp.perc(1)-harp-pft-strings
Cyrillic vocal material with German phonetic notation available upon request
Abbreviations (PDF)
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Publisher
Rahter
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
Availability
World Premiere
19/12/1890
Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
unknown
Subjects
Recommended Recording
Gegam Grigorian/Maria Guleghina/Irina Arkhipova/Olga Borodina/Nikolai Putilin/Vladimir Chernov/Vladimir Solodovnikov/Sergei Alexashkin/Evgeni Boitsov/Nikolai Gassiev/Gennadi Bezzubenkov/Ludmila Filatova/Tatiana Filimoniva/Kirov Opera/Valery Gergiev
Philips 438 141-2
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