Movie

Большой балет: Пиковая дама/Пассакалья

2005 1h 31m Released

Music

Pique Dame (or "The Queen of Spades") inspired by Alexander Pushkin, set to a music by Tchaikovsky; Passacaglia (or "Passacaille") set to a music by Anton Webern: two Roland Petit masterpieces brought together on one memorable evening at the Bolshoi Theater of Moscow. Recorded live, 19th of May 2005.

Cast

Nikolay Tsiskaridze Hermann (Pique Dame) Svetlana Lunkina Lisa (Pique Dame) / Lead D G Georgy Geraskin Chekalinsky (Pique Dame) Y Yan Godovsky Lead Dancer (Passacaglia) B Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Ilse Liepa The Countess (Pique Dame)