Organization

The Grange Festival

Conductor

Paul Daniel

Stage director

Paul Curran

Set designer

Gary McCann

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Johanna Town

Singer

Tenor

Eduard Martynyuk

Herman

Baritone

Andrii Kymach

Count Tomsky

Ilya Kutyukin

Prince Yeletsky

Alexey Dolgov

Chekalinsky

Bass

Edwin Kaye

Surin

Christopher Gillett

Chaplitsky

Master of Ceremonies

Mezzo-soprano

Josephine Barstow

Countess

Soprano

Anush Hovhannisyan

Lisa

Contralto

Arlene Belli

Polina

Lucy Schaufer

Governess

Orchestra

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Others

The Grange Festival Chorus

Russian

The Queen of Spades

Northington-Alresford

United Kingdom

The Grange

Pikovaya Dama Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Public

Approved

Pushkin’s moody story, set in the St Petersburg imperial court, is capable of multiple interpretations. It is clearly ‘an eternal tale of gambling and avarice’ but also a fantastical excursion into the supernatural and an exploration of how over-weaning obsession erodes rational behaviour. Tchaikovsky had a huge and immediate success with his 1890 operatic version, first performed in St Petersburg and then a week later in Kyiv.

The central role of Herman will be sung at The Grange by Ukrainian tenor Eduard Martynyuk, currently fighting for his country’s survival; we welcome also fellow Ukrainian Andrei Kymach as Count Tomsky and Ilya Kytyukin as Prince Yeletsky. We are privileged to announce Dame Josephine Barstow as the Countess, with the star Armenian soprano Anush Hovhannisyan as Lisa and Arlene Belli as Polina, both making their Grange Festival debuts. Paul Daniel conducts and our new production will be created by Paul Curran (A Midsummer Night’s Dream 2021) and acclaimed designer Gary McCann.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer