The Queen of Spades

An officer, an unattainable love and a deadly secret: Hermann loves Lisa, who is under the care of the old countess, but as a penniless outsider, his path to her remains blocked.

When Hermann learns that the countess is keeping a secret from her past, a possibility opens up to him: she knows three playing cards that never lose. Seized by this promise, Hermann makes his way to her - and stakes everything on a single chance. Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades tells of the fatal hope of being able to change one’s fate in one fell swoop.

About the direction:

Director Evgeny Titov focuses on the existential core of Queen of Spades. For him, the focus is not on the game as a social phenomenon, but on a radical inner movement: the idea of being able to fundamentally change one’s own life with a single act.

Hermann is no mere player, but a driven man. His love for Lisa grows into an obsession that shifts and takes on a life of its own. The desire for money becomes an end in itself, hope becomes an obsession. For Titov, this is a decisive turning point: the path becomes the goal - and thus eludes all control.

He is particularly interested in the ambivalence between reality and delusion. Neither the appearance of the countess nor the secret of the three cards can be clearly explained. Both remain in a state of undecidability: supernaturally conceivable and at the same time an expression of an inner escalation. It is precisely this limbo that turns the events into a psychological thriller for Titov - and brings the story close to our present day.

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program

Pique Dame
Peter I. Tschaikowski
Text Alexandr Sergejewitsch Puschkin

Place

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Getting There by Public Transport

Subway:

• Lines U1, U2, U4 – Karlsplatz station, direct access

Tram:

• Lines 1, 2, D, 62, 71 – Oper/Karlsplatz stop

Bus:

• Line 59A – Oper stop

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