Bayerisches Staatsorchester: Pique Dame

Баварская опера: Пиковая дама

Director Benedict Andrews brings Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame to the Bayerische Staatsoper in a film noir aesthetic. Starring Brandon Jovanovich (Herman), Asmik Grigoryan (Lisa), an unconventional take on a well-known classic, and Tchaikovsky's invariably brilliant music - this dynamic and daring interpretation of The Pique Dame will not leave anyone indifferent.

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Actors

Lisa

Asmik Grigorian

Hermann

Brandon Jovanovich

Count Tomsky

Roman Burdenko

Prince Yeletsky

Boris Pinkhasovich

Countess

Violeta Urmana

Crew

Stage Director

Benedict Andrews

Conductor

Aziz Shokhakimov

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“Magnetic pull: Soprano Asmik Grigorian shines” (Salzburger Nachrichten)

“Madness in close-up” (BR Klassik)

Director Benedict Andrews plunges Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame at the Bavarian State Opera into a cinematic film noir aesthetic, in which the characters regularly seem to vanish into shadow and mystery. Brandon Jovanovich “plays a credibly broken anti-hero as Hermann” (Münchner Merkur) and Asmik Grigorian as Lisa once again steals the show with her unerring dramatic and vocal skills. Conductor Aziz Shokhakimov gives a convincing debut at the podium of the state orchestra, managing a “dramatically stirring, propulsive interpretation” (FAZ).