Jennifer Larmore as the Countess in “Pikovaka Dama” at the Teatro Regio Turin

Opera legend and two-time Grammy winner Jennifer Larmore makes her role debut as the titular Queen of Spades in a Sam Brown production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, led by Valentin Uryupin. She will share the stage with Mikhail Pirogov as Hermann, Zarina Abaeva as Liza, Elchin Azizov as Count Tomsky, Vladimir Stoyanov as Prince Eletsky, and Deniz Uzun as Pauline in the other principal roles. The premiere is on April 3, with additional performances on April 6, 8, 11, 13, and 16, 2025.

The Georgian mezzo-soprano will reprise the role later this season in the same production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin.