Intro
Pique Dame – Making-of (1)
Talk with Andreas Dresen
Tchaikovsky’s opera »Pique Dame«, which is the Semperoper’s last premiere of the 2022/23 season, begins on Saturday, 1 July 2023. Artistic Director Peter Theiler was delighted when Andreas Dresen, one of today’s most acclaimed film and theatre directors, agreed to stage this eagerly awaited new production. Born in Gera and now a resident of Berlin, Dresen is here staging his first production for the Semperoper. Together with his set designer Mathias Fischer-Dieskau, he will transform this magnificent opera, originally set in St. Petersburg, into an abstract theatrical world.
Premiere 1. July 2023
Pique Dame / The Queen of Spades
Pjotr I. Tschaikowsky
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Dates
Sep
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Info
- 7 pm – 10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 6 pm – 9 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Info
- 7 pm – 10 pm
- One intermission
Venue: Semperoper Dresden
Free introductory talk- held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
Guided tour through the Semperoper
Cast
Cast29. Sep 2023Change
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- Hermann Sergey Polyakov
- Graf Tomskij John Lundgren
- Fürst Jelezkij Christoph Pohl
- Čekalinskij Alexander Kravets
- Surin Martin-Jan Nijhof
- Čaplitzkij Timothy Oliver
- Narumof Anton Beliaev
- master of ceremonies Alexander Kravets
- Lady Elena Zhidkova
- Lisa Vida Miknevičiūtė
- Pauline Michal Doron
- Gouvernante Sabine Brohm
- Mascha Ofeliya Pogosyan
- Kommandant der Knaben Ricardo Garcia Heine
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast01. Oct 2023Change
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- Hermann Sergey Polyakov
- Graf Tomskij John Lundgren
- Fürst Jelezkij Christoph Pohl
- Čekalinskij Alexander Kravets
- Surin Martin-Jan Nijhof
- Čaplitzkij Timothy Oliver
- Narumof Anton Beliaev
- master of ceremonies Alexander Kravets
- Lady Evelyn Herlitzius
- Lisa Vida Miknevičiūtė
- Pauline Michal Doron
- Gouvernante Sabine Brohm
- Mascha Ofeliya Pogosyan
- Kommandant der Knaben Felix Kempermann
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast06. Oct 2023Change
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- Hermann Sergey Polyakov
- Graf Tomskij John Lundgren
- Fürst Jelezkij Alexey Markov
- Čekalinskij Alexander Kravets
- Surin Martin-Jan Nijhof
- Čaplitzkij Timothy Oliver
- Narumof Anton Beliaev
- master of ceremonies Alexander Kravets
- Lady Elena Zhidkova
- Lisa Elena Guseva
- Pauline Michal Doron
- Gouvernante Sabine Brohm
- Mascha Ofeliya Pogosyan
- Kommandant der Knaben Ricardo Garcia Heine
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast10. Oct 2023Change
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- Hermann Sergey Polyakov
- Graf Tomskij John Lundgren
- Fürst Jelezkij Alexey Markov
- Čekalinskij Alexander Kravets
- Surin Martin-Jan Nijhof
- Čaplitzkij Timothy Oliver
- Narumof Anton Beliaev
- master of ceremonies Alexander Kravets
- Lady Elena Zhidkova
- Lisa Vida Miknevičiūtė
- Pauline Michal Doron
- Gouvernante Sabine Brohm
- Mascha Ofeliya Pogosyan
- Kommandant der Knaben Ricardo Garcia Heine
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast12. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- Hermann Sergey Polyakov
- Graf Tomskij John Lundgren
- Fürst Jelezkij Christoph Pohl
- Čekalinskij Alexander Kravets
- Surin Martin-Jan Nijhof
- Čaplitzkij Timothy Oliver
- Narumof Rupert Grössinger
- master of ceremonies Alexander Kravets
- Lady Evelyn Herlitzius
- Lisa Elena Guseva
- Pauline Michal Doron
- Gouvernante Sabine Brohm
- Mascha Ofeliya Pogosyan
- Kommandant der Knaben Ricardo Garcia Heine
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Cast19. Nov 2023Change
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli
- Hermann Sergey Polyakov
- Graf Tomskij John Lundgren
- Fürst Jelezkij Christoph Pohl
- Čekalinskij Alexander Kravets
- Surin Martin-Jan Nijhof
- Čaplitzkij Timothy Oliver
- Narumof Rupert Grössinger
- master of ceremonies Alexander Kravets
- Lady Evelyn Herlitzius
- Lisa Elena Guseva
- Pauline Ekaterina Chayka-Rubinstein
- Gouvernante Sabine Brohm
- Mascha Ofeliya Pogosyan
- Kommandant der Knaben Ricardo Garcia Heine
Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden
Kinderchor der Semperoper Dresden
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Project Partner: Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Sachsen, Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden, Sparkassen-Versicherung Sachsen, LBBW
Complete Cast
- Conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov
- Staging Andreas Dresen
- Collaboration Regie Frauke Meyer
- Set Design Mathias Fischer-Dieskau
- Costume Design Judith Adam
- Lighting Design Fabio Antoci
- Choreography Michael Tucker
- Choir André Kellinghaus
- Children Choir Claudia Sebastian-Bertsch
- Dramaturgy Benedikt Stampfli