{"id":5734,"date":"2010-06-25T13:03:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T20:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=5734"},"modified":"2010-06-25T13:03:30","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T20:03:30","slug":"picque-dame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=5734","title":{"rendered":"Picque Dame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5737\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5737\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/picquedameloversmall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5737\" title=\"picquedameloversmall\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/picquedameloversmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/picquedameloversmall.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/picquedameloversmall-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picque Dame\/Photo courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tchaikovsky\u2019s <em>Picque Dame<\/em> (The Queen of Spades) opened today at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. Directed by Mariusz Trelinski and conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, this new production, performed in Russian with Hebrew and English subtitles, will run through July 10th.<\/p>\n<p>The libretto by the composer\u2019s brother, Modest Tchaikovsky, is based on the novella by Alexander Pushkin. Pushkin\u2019s work has inspired many Russian composers, Tchaikovsky composed operas based on \u201cYevgeni Onegin\u201d, \u201cMazeppa\u201d and \u201cPicque Dame.\u201d Selections from Tchaikovsky\u2019s score for \u201cYevgeni Onegin\u201d were recently heard at the Israeli Opera performance of the Boris Eifman Ballet with Eifman\u2019s contemporary interpretation of \u201cOnegin\u201d, performed earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of the opera is Herman (tenors Victor Lutsiuk and Krzysztof Bednarek), a man of moods and mystery, whose obsession with gambling leads to his downfall. He falls in love with a vision, and soon discovers that she is to marry another. Lisa (Ira Bertman and Natasha Ushakova) has been promised to Prince Yeletsky, by her grandmother, the imposing Countess, yet she is drawn to Herman\u2019s dark passions. The Countess is rumored to possess the secret of the \u201cthree winning cards\u201d. Caught between conflicting passions, Herman is a tormented soul.<br \/>\nIn contrast to his treatment of \u201cYevgeni Onegin\u201d, Tchaikovsky took great liberties in composing \u201cPicque Dame\u201d, choosing to conclude the opera with a suicide scene. In the original Pushkin novella, the heroine Liza is abandoned by her lover Herman, and lives in misery.<\/p>\n<p>Trelinski has directed on the great opera stages of the world and returns to the Israeli Opera after his success here with \u201cMadame Butterfly\u201d two years ago. Wilson was born in Canada and conducts both symphony orchestras and opera throughout the world.\u00a0 She recently conducted \u201cLa Boheme\u201d at the Israeli Opera in March 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Performances will take place at The Israeli Opera, 19 Shaul Hamelech Blvd, Tel Aviv:<br \/>\n26.6.10 at 20:30, 27.6.10 at 20:00, 29.6.10 at 20:00, 30.6.10 at 20:00, 2.7.10 at 13:00, 3.7.10 at 20:30, 4.7.10 at 20:00, 6.7.10 at 20:00, 8.7.10 at 20:00, 9.7.10 at 13:00, 10.7.10 at 20:30. Tickets range from 175 NIS to 428 NIS. Included in the cost of the ticket is an introductory talk which takes place an hour before the performance. Tickets: 03-6927777.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Tchaikovsky\u2019s Picque Dame (The Queen of Spades) opened today at the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv. Directed by Mariusz Trelinski and conducted by Keri-Lynn Wilson, this new production, performed in Russian with Hebrew and English subtitles, will run through July 10th. The libretto by the composer\u2019s brother, Modest Tchaikovsky, is based on the novella [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}