The Queen of Spades (opera)
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For the operetta by Franz von Suppé, see Pique Dame (Suppé).
The Queen of Spades or Pique Dame,[lower-alpha 1] Op. 68 (Russian: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya dama listenⓘ, French: La Dame de Pique) is an opera in three acts (seven scenes) 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 dramatically altered plot. The premiere took place in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[2]
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The Queen of Spades | |
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Opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | |
Native title | Пиковая дама |
Librettist | Modest Tchaikovsky |
Language | Russian |
Based on | The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin |
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