The Metropolitan Opera: The Queen of Spades

Overview

Tchaikovsky’s macabre thriller, set against the backdrop of Tsarist Russia, is back in the Met’s atmospheric staging. Soprano Sonya Yoncheva makes her highly anticipated role debut as Lisa, the young woman who embarks on a deadly love affair with the gambling-obsessed officer Hermann, sung by tenor Arsen Soghomonyan in his Met debut. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his moving portrayal of Lisa’s fiancé, Prince Yeletsky, alongside mezzo-soprano Violeta Urmana as the spectral Countess and baritone Alexey Markov as Count Tomsky. Keri-Lynn Wilson conducts the sweeping score.

Cast

Sonya Yoncheva

Lisa

Maria Barakova

Pauline

Violeta Urmana

Countess

Arsen Soghomonyan

Hermann

Igor Golovatenko

Prince Yeletsky

Alexey Markov

Count Tomsky