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THE QUEEN OF SPADES

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From: Opera News
Date: 20040201
Author:Burke, Richard

Music by Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky

Libretto by Modest Ilych Tchaikovsky, after the story by Alexander Pushkin

THE STORY

ACT I. During the reign of Catherine the Great, Surin and Tchekalinsky walk in a park, the former complaining of his bad luck at gambling. They remark that a fellow officer, Gherman, seems obsessed with the gaming table yet never bets. Gherman appears with Tomsky, who wonders what is bothering his friend. Gherman confides that he is in love with a girl above his station ("Ya imeni yeyo ne znayu"). When Prince Yeletsky strolls by, Tchekalinsky congratulates him on his recent ...

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