Uploaded September 2008 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Pique Dame/The Queen of Spades - Act II

Master of Ceremonies - Matthew Polenzani
Paulina//Daphnis - Olga Borodina
Chloé - Olga Trifonova
Count Tomsky/Plutus - Nikolai Putilin

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Ballet
c. Valery Gergiev


Part one of the oft-cut Act II ballet/pastoral scene. Your typical shepherd meets/falls in love with shepherdess, then is challenged for shepherdess' affection by Russian nobleman love story. Cameo appearances by Hvorostovsky, Domingo, Gorchakova, and Soderstrom..