• Chorus of Dutch National Opera, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

• Mariss Jansons
• Misha Didyk, Alexey Markov, Vladimir Stoyanov, Svetlana Aksenova, Larissa Diadkova
• Dutch National Opera, June 2016

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: DVD: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0

PICTURE: NTSC 16:9

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

BOOKLET: English, German, French

TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 181 mins