Tchaikovsky - Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades)
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Label: Pan Classics
Cat No: PC10430
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 3
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 8th April 2022
Contents
Artists
Irina ArkhipovaVitaly Tarashchenko
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Grigory Gritsyuk
Alexander Vedernikov
Natalia Datsko
Nina Romanova
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
Conductor
Vladimir FedoseyevWorks
The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), op.68Artists
Irina ArkhipovaVitaly Tarashchenko
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Grigory Gritsyuk
Alexander Vedernikov
Natalia Datsko
Nina Romanova
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
Conductor
Vladimir FedoseyevAbout
It was Yeletsky’s part that was of crucial importance in Hvorostovsky’s career. The singer, who sadly died in 2017, had just turned 27 and had that same year won the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition, having previously made his operatic debut in theWest at the Nice Opera in 1988 in the same role as he sings here.
Hvorostovsky continued to perform in productions of Pique Dame on the world’s greatest opera stages such as Mariinsky, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, La Scala and Covent Garden. However, his is not the only name highlighted in the cast list - similarly emphasised is the great mezzo-soprano Irina Arkhipova, who performed here the part of the Countess for the first time and died in 2010.
There are yet more famous and now deceased singers here, including Bolshoi bass Alexander Vedernikov, a fixture in Russian opera for many years who died aged 90, and Grigory Gritsyuk, whose firm, incisive baritone is a really striking asset to this recording - he died prematurely in 2000.
Distinguished tenor Vitaly Tarashchenko was one of the best interpreters of Herman of the 1980s and 1990s, singing here very expressive and with excellent legato.
For conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev it was the first time that he turned to The Queen of Spades. Afterwards, at the turn of the century, he became one of the best interpreters of the opera.
Bonus: Alla Demidova reads excerpts from Puskihn's poem Pique Dame
Cast:
- Herman: Vitaly Tarashchenko
- Tomsky: Grigory Gritsyuk
- Yeletsky: Dmitri Hvorostovsky
- Surin: Alexander Vedernikov
- The Countess: Irina Arkhipova
- Lisa: Natalia Datsko
- Pauline: Nina Romanova
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