The Queen of Spades
Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame, Op. 68 is an opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer's brother Modest Tchaikovsky, based on the 1834 novella of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, but with a... Wikipedia
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Librettist: Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky
First performance: December 19, 1890, Mariinsky Theatre, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Adapted from: The Queen of Spades
Written: 1887
Characters: comtesse, Milovzor, Prince Yeletsky, and more