Pique Dame (Suppé)
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For the opera by Tchaikovsky (also known as Pique Dame), see The Queen of Spades (opera).
Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) is an operetta in two acts by Franz von Suppé to a German-language libretto very loosely based on Alexander Pushkin's 1834 short story "The Queen of Spades". The author of the libretto is S. Strasser (probably Suppé's second wife Sofie Strasser).[1] Pique Dame was a revised version of Suppé's 1862 operetta Die Kartenschlägerin ("The Fortune Teller") and premiered in June 1864 at the Thalia Theater in Graz. The work is primarily known today for its overture which remains a popular concert piece.
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Pique Dame | |
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Operetta by Franz von Suppé | |
Translation | The Queen of Spades |
Librettist | S. Strasser |
Language | German |
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