Чайковский, Пиковая дама."Если б милые девицы..."/Chaikovsky, The Queen of Spades. "If sweet girls..

[med_cat]

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Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 2010 Пётр Ильич Чайковский. Опера "Пиковая дама". Песенка Томского "Если б милые девицы..."

Tomsky's song, "If the sweet girls..."

(yes, this takes place in a casino, and they've all had a few, as you can tell by the state of their dress)

(lindahoyland and I were discussing this

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[lindahoyland]

So much nicer than the production I watched.

[med_cat]

Hehe, well, the production you watched wasn't the actual "Queen of Spades", as you and the reviewer both mentioned.

Here's a production from the Bolshoi, with English subtitles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Cdka1BCuc

[duathir]

Bravo; a very fine song. I had never heard of this opera before.

[med_cat]

Glad you enjoyed. The opera is less well-known outside Russia; it is based on Pushkin's "Queen of Spades".

Here's a subtitled production:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Cdka1BCuc

[duathir]

Thank you; that was most interesting. I did not expect the ending.

[med_cat]

Glad you found it interesting! I should watch it myself sometime soon; it's been a while since I saw it performed.

And yes, they made the ending more dramatic in the opera.

You can see the synopsis of the original story here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_of_Spades_(story)

vs. the opera

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_of_Spades_(opera)