The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera]

1999, Movie, 2h 51min

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.

Country: United States

Director:

Elijah Moshinsky

Cast:

Plácido Domingo,

Elisabeth Söderström,

Galina Gorchakova,

Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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7.7

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8.0

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Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...full of shadows and mirror reflections: a self-doubting, self-lacerating world in which the horror of eternal damnation is counter-balanced by the thrill of instant riches. An exotic, fascinating film.

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In 19th-century Russia, a man's obsession with a mysterious countess leads him down a dangerous path of love, betrayal, and ultimately, tragedy. Against the backdrop of a grand aristocratic society, he becomes increasingly consumed by his desire for her, ultimately threatening to destroy everything he holds dear.

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The Queen of Spades [The Metropolitan Opera] was released in theaters on April 15, 1999.