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Gegam Grigorian, Sergei Leiferkus, Ludmila Filatova, Maria Gulegina, Olga Borodina Kirov Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The opera was Tchaikovsky's, The Queen Of Spades, (Pique Dame). With a libretto written by the
composer's brother, Modest, this tale of terror, with a plot involving obsessive love and gambling,
hallucinations and descent into madness never fails to have a profound effect on its audience. The
Bolshoi's production is riveting, with sumptuous sets and costumes, and the famed Bolshoi chorus and
corps de ballet are at their most elegant and spectacular.
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| |  | The opera deals with the destructive and isolating nature of an addiction to gambling. The filming is sensitive to both the perfectly composed set and the impressive acting. The director captures the claustrophobic atmosphere in the madhouse and the trapped situation of the main characters – trapped in love like Lisa, in obsession like Herman or in the past like the “Pique Dame”.Stage Director: Lev Dodin
Vladimir Galouzine & Hasmik Papian Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Opéra National de Paris, 2005 “Gennady Rozhdestvensky again proves his long-held Tchaikovsky credentials, reveling in the score's balletic passages and dramatic climaxes.” Classics Today on a previous release of the Tchaikovsky opera Cherevicki “Quite mistakenly… Lev Dodin, the director of this version from Paris, has pulled the action as far back to the original story as he can manage. The price is the loss of most of the suspense, a lack of interesting characterisation, and boringly unchanging sets - it all takes place in a madhouse. Hermann relives the past... while gibbering around the stage throughout. Fortunately Vladimir Galouzine is a superb singer and actor, and makes everything he can of the role... His adversary, the Countess, is portrayed as a robust, not a crumbling figure, and Lisa becomes a cipher with some wonderful music to sing. Listen and you'll be impressed, watch and you'll be confused and irritated.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2007 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Antonio Annaloro, Leyla Gencer, Marianna Radev, Ivo Vinco, Adriana Lazzarini & Sesto Bruscantini Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Nino Sanzogno Recorded in Milan, 02.02.1961 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Wladimir Atlantow, Julia Varady, Elena Obrasztsowa, Alexander Woroschilo, Alfred Kuhn & Friedrich Lenz Das Bayerischen Staats Orchestra & Choir, Algis Shuraitis Recorded in Munich, December 1984 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Pederzini, Jurinac, Corsi, Poleri, Bastianini & Petri Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale, Florence, Arthur Rodzinski | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Yuri Marusin, Nancy Gustafson, Felicity Palmer, Sergei Leiferkus, Dimitri Kharitonov Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis, stage direction by Graham Vick Subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Borissenko (Veronika), Ivanov (Andrej), Korneyeva (Naina - Elena), Lisitian (Pavel), Nelepp (Georgi), Smolenskaya (Eugenia), Verbitskaya (Evgenia) Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Mekil-Pashayev (Alexander), Melik - Pashaev (Alexander) | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Orchestre des Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Jacques Lacombe | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Maria Guleghina, Olga Borodina, Gegam Grigorian, Vladimir Chernov Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Valery Gergiev | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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