Queen Of Spades DVD
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The 1992 Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of "Pique Dame" (The Queen of Spades) won unanimous critical acclaim for its revelatory interpretation of the mesmeric and psychologically harrowing work which Tchaikovsky himself regarded as his masterpiece. Designer Richard Hudson's realistic eighteenth-century costumes and abstract, modern set--daubed with furious black ink scratches--enable stage director Graham Vick to make strong dramatic points in portraying Herman's horrifying descent into madness, brought about by his thirst to wrest from the old Countess the secret of the three cards, thus ensuring his fortune at the gambling tables.
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