Lowell House Opera to Present THE QUEEN OF SPADES, 3/25

Cambridge, MA?- Tickets are now on sale for Lowell House Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's rarely­performed opera, T?he Queen of Spades.?The opera will be sung in Russian with full orchestra and English supertitles. Performances will take place on March 25, 27, 28 and April 1, 3, 4 at 8:30pm, on the Harvard University campus (Lowell House, 10 Holyoke Place, Cambridge, MA). A black tie reception will follow the performance on opening night. Tickets ($12­$40) may be purchased through the Harvard Box Office (Holyoke Center Arcade, 1350 Mass Ave, Cambridge ­ boxoffice.harvard.edu ­ 617.496.2222) or at the door pending availability.

About the Opera:?This operatic thriller follows the plight of Gherman, whose fascination with the beautiful (and betrothed) Liza turns into an obsession with learning her grandmother's secret strategy for winning at cards. When the elderly Countess dies without revealing her secret, Gherman's obsession turns to madness. With a final card game imminent, the Countess' ghost returns to reveal the winning hand... and to exact her revenge.

About the Artists:?The Queen of Spades features more than 40 professional and student singers. Sharing the lead role are tenors Adam Klein (Metropolitan Opera House) and Mikhail Urusov (B?olshoi Theater)?. Sopranos Zoya Gramagin (Moscow Contemporary Symphony Orchestra) and Samantha Schmid (Boston Conservatory) sing the role of Liza.

Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya and Stage Director Roxanna Myhrum are prolific in the local and regional performing arts, with directorships in multiple organizations and ensembles. This is their eighth operatic collaboration in the Boston area, and their fourth consecutive production with Lowell House Opera.