opera notebook

some operas I have seen on video


Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (1890)
Brussels, La Monnaie / De Munt, 2022

A mean game of cards
A mean game of cards

Visually and dramatically eccentric, but musically impressive, this Queen of Spades is a triumph for conductor Nathalie Stutzmann and the fine cast.

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