“Pique Dame”
Opera by P. I. Tchaikovsky

Conductor: Grigor Palikarov
Director: Vera Nemirova
Scenography and costume design: Youlian Tabakov
Choreography: Anna Pampulova
Conductor of choir: Teodora Georgieva

PERFORMING:
Herman: Valeriy Georgiev
Count Tomsky / Zlatogor: Plamen Dimitrov
Prince Yeletsky: Ivo Yordanov
Chekalinsky: Plamen Raykov
Surin: Eugeniy Stanimirov
Chaplitsky: Velin Mihaylov
Narumov: Peter Petrov
Master of Ceremonies: Vladislav Vladimirov
Countess: Boyka Vasileva
Liza: Irina Zhekova
Polina / Milovzor: Michaela Berova
Governess: Vyara Zhelezova
Masha: Galina Velikova
Prilepa: Liliya Ilieva-Mihaylova

State Opera Varna soloists, orchestra, choir and ballet

A modern interpretation of the contradiction between love and gambling.
Tchaikovsky’s most beautiful opera “Pique Dame” is an intense psychological drama and a shocking social tragedy in which a poor, ordinary man like the protagonist Herman has no right to love in the rich world.
A person divided into two, torn between two passions: the impossible love for Lisa and the passion for gambling. Tchaikovsky himself is part of each of his images. Silhouettes of his complex and very suffering character are found in each of his characters.