The Queen of Spades: full version (Opera North podcast)
Thinking with Opera - En podcast af Opera North
Director Neil Bartlett discusses the wonderful extremes in Tchaikovsky's score, the differences between Pushkin's novel and Tchaikovsky's opera, the challenges of translating the libretto from Russian into English, the differences between working with opera singers and actors, his favourite musical moment, the look and feel of his production, the characters and why he loves opera.
