La dame de pique

⭐ Featured Review

"A shame really because here we are talking about one of Tchaikovsky's greatest works and one of the masterworks of Russian opera. You always want to see a production of such a great opera work well and sadly while it has its good points it didn't work entirely for me. It is splendid musically and helped by the excellent sound. The orchestral playing shows a lot of beautiful tone and a great deal of depth, while the conducting allows the beauty of the score to come through while not compromising the singers or the viewers' patience. Of the performances, the best was the Ghermann ..."