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The Queen of Spades-15 May 2001 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Bernard Haitink
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Concert Master Vasko Vassilev
Cast
Gherman
an officer 		Vladimir Galouzine
Chekalinsky
an officer 		Robin Leggate
Surin
an officer 		Jeremy White
Count Tomsky
great-nephew to the Countess 		Nikolai Putilin
Prince Yeletsky Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Countess Josephine Barstow
Liza
ward of the Countess 		Karita Mattila
Paulina
Liza's confidante 		Viktoria Vizin
Masha
Liza's maid 		Elizabeth Sikora
Governess Frances McCafferty
Major-domo Harry Nicoll
Prilepa
The Faithful Shepherd 		Jenny Grahn
Milovzor
The Faithful Shepherd 		Viktoria Vizin
Zlatogor
The Faithful Shepherd 		Nikolai Putilin
Chaplitsky
a gambling soldier 		Henry Moss
Narumov
a gambling soldier 		Michael Dewis
Boy 'Commander' Dmitri Protollitov
Nursemaids, governesses, wet-nurses, strollers, children, ball guests, maids to the Countess, gamblers The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
Dancers
Children from Thomas's School (Clapham)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: Russian
Surtitled by: Paula Kennedy
Durations: Act I and Act II scene 1: 100 minutes, Interval: 30 minutes, Act II scene 2 and Act III: 70 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 15 May 2001 (in Royal Opera House Collections)