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The national radio sponsor of Lyric Opera of Chicago is NUVEEN INVESTMENTS. CHICAGO RESIDENTS, PLEASE NOTE: IN THE CHICAGO AREA, THE BROADCAST OF MAY 26 WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR LATER, AT 1:30 P.M. (CT).
THE QUEEN OF SPADES
Music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Libretto by Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky and the composer, after Pushkin's novella of the same name
THE CAST (in order of vocal appearance) Chekalinsky tenor, MICHAEL HENDRICK Surin bass-bar., CHRISTOPHER SCOTT FEIGUM Count Tomsky bar., NIKOLAI PUTILIN Gherman tenor, VLADIMIR GALOUZINE Prince Yeletsky baritone, BO SKOVHUS Lisa soprano, KATARINA DALAYMAN Countess mezzo, FELICITY PALMER Pauline mezzo, NANCY MAULTSBY Governess mezzo, SUSAN NICELY Masha soprano, DINA KUZNETSOVA Major-Domo tenor, MICHAEL SOMMESE Chloe soprano, ELENA KOLGANOVA Daphnis mezzo, NANCY MAULTSBY Plutus baritone, NIKOLAI PUTILIN Chaplitsky tenor, MARLIN MILLER Narumov bass-baritone, MARIS VIPULIS
Conducted by ANDREW DAVIS
With THE CHICAGO CHILDREN'S CHOIR THE SCENES (St. Petersburg, late eighteenth century) ACT I Sc. 1 Summer garden Sc. 2 Lisa's room in the Countess's home ACT II Sc. 1 A nobleman's home Sc. 2 The Countess's bedroom ACT III Sc. 1 Gherman's room in the barracks Sc. 2 An embankment by the River Neva Sc. 3 A gambling house
ABOVE: ST. PETERSBURG, AS DESIGNED BY RICHARD HUDSON FOR LYRIC OPERA