Queen of Spades
by Butler School of Music

Apr. 19 - Apr. 28
Fridays, Sundays

What do you call a person consumed with gambling, but who never places a bet? Tchaikovsky called him Hermann, a Russian soldier obsessed with the three cards that won a countess her fortune. Her mystery cards, however, are a secret that will ultimately drive Hermann to the brink of madness. With the lives of friends and lovers strewn along the way, Hermann finally takes a seat at the card table, and declares: “Life is but a game.” In games, there are winners and there are losers; when that third card is revealed, which will Hermann be?   

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 
Libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky after Alexander Pushkin <

Garnett Bruce, director
Douglas Kinney Frost, conductor

Sung in Russian.

 

Queen of Spades
by Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky, Modest Tchaikovsky (adapted from Pushkin)
Butler School of Music

Fridays, Sundays,
April 19 - April 28, 2024
McCullough Theatre, University of Texas
Robert Dedman Drive and E. 23rd Street
Campus of the University of Texas
Austin, TX, 78712
April 19, 2024, 7:30 to 10 p.m.
April 21, 2024, 4 to 6:30 p.m.
April 26, 2024, 7:30 to 10 p.m.
April 28, 2024, 4 to 6:30 p.m.
McCullough Theatre (map) 

All University of Texas at Austin students are allowed one free ticket as long as they are available. Student tickets must be picked up at the Box Office with valid student I.D. Seating is unassigned. There are four wheelchair spaces available in McCullough Theater.

 
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