Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades (movie)
Tchaikovski: Pique Dame- Production country: US
- Producer: Brian Large
- Production companies: Decca
- Genre: Music
- Release date: 5/5/2002
- Run time: 179 min.
Movie description
The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama, French: Pique Dame) is an opera in 3 acts (7 scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but the plot was very changed. The premiere took place in 1890 in St. Petersburg (at the Mariinsky Theatre), Russia.
