Tchaikovsky’s macabre thriller, set against the backdrop of Tsarist Russia, is back in the Met’s atmospheric staging. Soprano Galina Cheplakova makes her broadcast debut as Lisa, the young woman who embarks on a deadly love affair with the gambling-obsessed officer Hermann, sung by tenor Brandon Jovanovich. 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.
Season Finale: Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades
Sonya Yoncheva as Lisa and Arsen Soghomonyan as Hermann in Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades." (Photo: Ken Howard / Met Opera)
