Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

4It’s certainly wacky. But it’s followed through with rigorous brilliance…musically all is superb; this is the equal of Mariss Jansons’s first-rate Bavarian CD recording, with some of the same... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 12th Jan 2018
Catalogue No: 744004
Label: C Major

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Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame

Dutch National Opera, June 2016
Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Aksenova, Larissa Diadkova
Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Mariss Jansons

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staged by Stefan Herheim

Former Music Director Mariss Jansons returns to Amsterdam to conduct Pique Dame at the Dutch National Opera with ‘his’ Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He encounters a noteworthy cast and under his baton the orchestra sounds ‘brilliant and splendid’ (Der Tagesspiegel). Renowned director Stefan Herheim staged Tchaikovsky’s much-loved opera about a young man who, for the prospect of earthly wealth, gambles away his chance for love and happiness. Herheim, whose stagings are famous for their multi-layered levels of interpretation, attempts to reflect on the composer’s contested sexuality. ‘The Latvian maestro, the intriguingly performing orchestra, the smartly-chosen soloists, and director Stefan Herheim have succeeded in staging an extraordinary production’ (Die Presse). ‘Stefan Herheim makes a great picture show out of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Pique Dame’’ (NMZ). ‘A masterpiece’ (Der Standard).

SOUND FORMAT: BD: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD MA 5.0

PICTURE: NTSC 16:9

SUBTITLES: Russian (original language), English, German, French, Korean

BOOKLET: English, German, French

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 181 mins

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May 2018

4It’s certainly wacky. But it’s followed through with rigorous brilliance…musically all is superb; this is the equal of Mariss Jansons’s first-rate Bavarian CD recording, with some of the same cast including Misha Didyk, currently the Hermann of choice. The Concertgebouw relishes the dark hues and the amazing woodwind scoring; the chorus, well-marshalled with the men as multiple Tchaikovskys, is superb.

March 2018

I adored this staging when I saw it in Amsterdam and love it no less on revisiting it via Blu-ray. Superimposing the composer’s biography on to arguably his greatest opera works ingeniously...Musically, standards are extremely high, led by Mariss Jansons’s inspired presence in the pit...Aksenova sings a steely Lisa...Diadkova is remarkable as the Countess – singing rather than growling her role.

July 2018

Mariss Jansons adopts some extreme tempos - notably in a decidely speedy central love duet - but they all work, and many of them revelatory. The Concertgebouw Orchestra plays with unfailing sensitivity and the choral singing is as precise as it is powerful. The video director does an effective job of capturing a huge amount of stage activity, and the sound is excellent.

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