Overview
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 as Hermann (Pique Dame)
- Svetlana Lunkina as Lisa (Pique Dame) / Lead Dancer (Passacaglia)
- Georgy Geraskin as Chekalinsky (Pique Dame)
- Yan Godovsky as Lead Dancer (Passacaglia)
- Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
- Ilse Liepa as The Countess (Pique Dame)