Pique Dame Mödl Atlantov Freni Kasarova Chernov Vienna LIVE 1992

Martha Mödl’s incomparably creepy Countess is the central feature in this Queen of Spades. Wiener Staatsoper LIVE 1992; Conductor - Seiji Ozawa. Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame/Queen of Spades An important record of an international theatrical event. One year after the fall of the Soviet Union, a Russian tenor, an Italian soprano, and a Japanese conductor converge in Vienna with Martha Mödl. The performance is boiling with dramatic intensity. Atlantov is at his greatest, looking handsome and heroic, tender and involved with Freni. Young Vesselina Kasarova is at the beginning of her career, Mödl is at the end. An interview with Martha Mödl follows the opera. Germann - Vladimir Atlantov Liza - Mirella Freni Countess - Martha Mödl Pauline - Vesselina Kasarova Yeletzky - Vladimir Chernov Tomsky - Sergei Leiferkus Governess - Anna Gonda Chaplitsky - Franz Kasemann Masha - Yvette Tannenberg Surin - Rudolf Mazzola (bass) Chekalins