The Queen of Spades
Also known as The Queen of Spades, Op. 68
opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Key facts
- Native title
- Пиковая дама
- Librettist
- Modest Tchaikovsky
- Language
- Russian
- Based on
- The Queen of Spades , by Alexander Pushkin
- Premiere
- 19 December 1890 ( 1890-12-19 ) , Mariinsky Theatre , Saint Petersburg
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 2.5
- Image
- Антон Боначич. Пиковая дама.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pique Dame
- date of first performance
- 1890-12-07
- number of parts of this work
- 7
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The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame, Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama listen, French: La Dame de Pique) is an opera in three acts (seven scenes) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on the 1834 novella of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but with a dramatically altered plot. The premiere took place in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Composition history