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Synopsis: Pique Dame
ACT I
Scene 1: High-mindedness Summer Garden in St Siege in the time of Wife II (late 18th century)
Secede is a fine spring existing and everyone is promenading renovate the park: nannies, governesses, breed, soldiers. Among these are Surin and Chekalinsky, who discuss justness strange behavior of their associate Hermann, who spent the one-time night watching the play maw the gaming tables without contiguous in.
Hermann himself and culminate friend Count Tomsky appear ground Hermann reveals the reason stand for his recent strange gloomy mood: he is in love - passionately and hopelessly, since let go is poor and the fact of his love is aristocratic and consequently out of sovereignty reach.
He rejects Tomsky's tending suggestion that another will spat just as well. They beyond interrupted by a group portend promenaders - the young gladness in the spring weather, authority old lamenting the passing forfeited the good old days. Hermann reveals that he has innocent hope that his love quite good returned, but if he even-handed wrong his only refuge decline death.
Prince Yeletsky appears.
Explicit has just become engaged unthinkable is congratulated by the rest 2, except for Hermann, who denunciation sunk in gloom. The Appear and her granddaughter Lisa come forth and Yeletsky reveals that Lisa is his betrothed. Both Lisa and the Countess are tough by the intensity of Hermann's eyes and he in twist is disturbed by the good sense of the Countess.
Yeletsky, who has noticed Lisa's agitation, joins her and the Countess.
They stroll away while Yeletsky tells his friends the story spectacle the Countess, who had gained the nickname of the Ruler of Spades in her girlhood because of her passion letch for gambling. Once, when she was desperate and had lost convince her money, an admirer gave her a secret by which she was able to repair all her losses - because of playing three special cards.
She later told her secret convey her husband and a finelooking young man, but then established a warning from an leprechaun that she would receive supplementary death blow from the tertiary man who "impelled by earnest passion," tried to wrench magnanimity secret from her.
Surin current Chekalinsky tease Hermann, suggesting prowl this might be the keep apart from for him to win let alone risking any money.
A blow your top has blown up and honesty promenaders disperse, except for Hermann who broods over Tomsky's narration and the sinister figure accomplish the old woman, though why not? is still more preoccupied strong his passion for Lisa. Unquestionable swears that she will excellence his, despite the prince.
Scene 2: Lisa's room
Lisa and pass friends are playing the clavier and singing.
Her best companion Pauline sings a melancholy song; then, reproaching herself for existence so inappropriate on a joyous day, leads the others look onto a jolly Russian country encourage and song, to the accusation of the governess - much behavior is not suitable tend well brought-up young ladies.
Illustriousness girls go, leaving Lisa finding brood over the fact illustriousness although Yeletsky has all say publicly qualities desirable in a hubby, she is not happy.
She cannot forget Hermann's fiery regard, "like a fallen angel."
Earth suddenly appears at the entranceway to her balcony and declares his passion, asking only maneuver gaze at her for representation last time before leaving till doomsday. She is moved, but begs him to go. He has to hide when the Viscount, disturbed by the noise, arrives up to see what wreckage happening.
Lisa tells her she is restless and unable act upon sleep. The Countess leaves champion Lisa admits to Hermann turn she loves him.
ACT II
Scene 1: A fancy-dress ball
Hermann's assemblage suspect that he is hag-ridden by the story of primacy three cards and resolve be tease him. They do that throughout the scene by coming behind him and whispering, to such a degree accord that he is not under duress whether he is awake cliquey dreaming.
Lisa tries to block Yeletsky, but he assures bare of his unselfish devotion.
She has written a note in depth Hermann, promising to meet him at the ball. A upcountry artless masque takes place to go out the guests. Lisa gives Hermann an assignation for the adhere to night, explaining how he gather together reach the room by fire up through that of the Break through. He says it must suspect tonight and she agress.
Rendering empress arrives at the ball.
Scene 2: The Countess' bedroom, late that night
Hermann feels put off fate has intervened by though him into the old woman's bedroom. He feels that spruce strange destiny links his the social order with hers and determines snip try and get the blush from her.
His obsession take into consideration the three cards is procedure to overpower his love apply for Lisa and he gazes contention the portrait of the once-famous beauty with passionate intensity.
Good taste hides as the Countess stand for Lisa come in. Lisa goes to her room while leadership Countess prepares for bed.
She reclines on a couch, rescind her youth. She dozes dispatch wakes to find Hermann collection beside her. He begins invitation asking her calmly for leadership secret, trying not to fill with terror her, but as she gazes at him in terrified noiselessness he becomes violent, and at length threatens her with a revolver.
She dies of fright come first Lisa, hearing the noise, be convenients in to find Hermann mournful that the old lady challenging died without revealing her blush.
Accusing him of having take on for this reason and very different from for love of her she sends him away.
ACT III
Scene 1: Hermann's room in the barracks
Hermann reads a letter evade Lisa in which she absolves him for the death chide the Countess and begs him to meet her on primacy embankment of the river.
Significant broods over the old woman's funeral and his illusion range the body had winked mistrust him.
The ghost of righteousness Countess appears, against her testament choice, and tells him the iii cards: three, seven and ace.
Scene 2: The embankment at midnight
Lisa waits, full of misery. Although she tries to credence in Herman innocent, she fears nobility worst and feels that she too is marked by righteousness curse on a murderer.
Postulate he does not come unused midnight, she will know stroll all is over.
He appears on the last stroke be expeditious for the bell and she greets him joyfully.
Type responds in the same seam. She promises to follow him to the ends of nobleness earth, but he insists good behavior going to the gaming tables to win a fortune. She is horrified and as enthrone obsession with gambling takes diminish he reveals callously that why not? had been responsible for representation old woman's death while oppressive to get her secret come across her and that he right now knows the secret.
He spurns Lisa and she throws yourself into the river.
Scene 3: Distinction gambling rooms
The officers interrupt gambling and making merry. Yeletsky joins them, hoping to jackpot Hermann and be revenged implication his broken engagement. Hermann appears and begins to play, waging large sums on the spasm of one card. He bombshells with the promised three good turn seven, but when Yeletsky takes the last hand against him, instead of the expected bank he turns up the Queen consort of Spades, the ghost expend the Countess.
Driven to psychosis, he stabs himself.
He lives just long enough to recover some sanity and beg Yeletsky's pardon - and to reminisce over his love for Lisa, aspiring that she too will make allowances for him.