| The Royal Opera - The Queen of Spades Reviews | 19 April 2024 |
Aleksandrs Antonenko (Herman)
Vladimir Stoyanov (Yeletsky/Tchaikovsky)
Felicity Palmer (Countess), Chorus
Vladimir Stoyanov (Yeletsky/Tchaikovsky), Chorus
Eva-Maria Westbroek (Lisa)
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The Queen of SpadesThe Royal OperaNo. of reviews: 22 | |
Tchaïkovski hallucine La Dame de Pique en direct du Royal Opera House de Londres |
 25 Feb 19 / Olyrix |
A less than regal Queen of Spades |
| 30 Jan 19 / ConcertoNet (English) |
Hermann et les heureux errements d'Herheim |
| 29 Jan 19 / Forum Opéra |
Tchaikovsky plays the hand Herheim gives him in the Royal Opera’s The Queen of Spades |
| 25 Jan 19 / Seen and Heard |
¿Chaicovsqui gay? ¡Pero qué va! |
| 24 Jan 19 / Mundo Clásico (Spanish) |
Wonderful music can’t save a substandard production: Queen of Spades at ROH |
| 23 Jan 19 / The Article |
Perhaps a film manque |
| 21 Jan 19 / Planet Hugill |
The Royal Opera reshuffles The Queen of Spades, with mixed results |
| 20 Jan 19 / The Sunday Times |
A relentlessly heavy-handed concept can’t detract from the glorious music-making in Royal Opera’s The Queen of Spades |
| 20 Jan 19 / The Observer |
Well, I say "four stars" but that is a confusingly fudged assessment |
| 18 Jan 19 / Express |
Too many Tchaikovskys: The Queen of Spades at the Royal Opera House leaves you cold |
| 17 Jan 19 / New Statesman |
Uneven cast prey to overthought concept |
| 16 Jan 19 / The Arts Desk |
Herheim puts Tchaikovsky centre stage for stimulating frustration |
| 15 Jan 19 / The Guardian |
While there are excellent performances there are also horrors |
| 15 Jan 19 / The Times |
So dotty, the audience couldn't even bother to boo |
| 15 Jan 19 / Telegraph |
For Stefan Herheim, opera is clearly not a comfortable evening’s entertainment |
| 15 Jan 19 / Music OMH |
Stefan Herheim's production violates the art of the composer in an anti-lyrical and oversaturated mishmash |
| 15 Jan 19 / Broadway World |
At the end, the audience seemed stunned into submission |
| 15 Jan 19 / Classical Source |
Stefan Herheim’s staging of The Queen of Spades comes to Covent Garden |
| 15 Jan 19 / Seen and Heard |
Opera as life |
| 15 Jan 19 / Opera Today |
A tedious evening |
| 15 Jan 19 / The Stage |
A tale of many Tchaikovskys |
| 15 Jan 19 / Bachtrack |
Production details
Cast
Antonenko, Lundgren, Stoyanov, Palmer, Westbroek, Goryachova, Kravets, Martirossian, Kim, Mofidian, Nicoll, Winter, Stucker
(c) Pappano/Willis (d) Herheim
Performance dates
13, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28 January, 1 February 2019
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