The dark world of Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic masterpiece Queen of Spades hinges on obsession, greed, and a secret in winning at cards… In 2005, the Opéra Bastille mounted a compelling production featuring Vladimir Galouzine as the mad lover Hermann, Hasmik Papian as the doomed Lisa, and Irina Bogatcheva as the mysterious Comtesse.

• Royal Opera House
• Aleksandrs Antonenko
• Vladimir Stoyanov
• Eva-Maria Westbroek
• Felicity Palmer
• John Lundgren
• Alexander Kravets
• Anna Goryachova
• Tigran Martirossian