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Based on Pushkin's short story: When his friends play faro, German always enjoys watching, but he never gambles himself. One day, as he is watching their game, he learns that an elderly countess staying nearby is said to possess a secret for winning a fortune at the game. German is determined to learn this secret from her, and he initiates a romance with her grand-daughter Liza, in order to improve his chances.

While hosting a game of cards one night, Narumov tells his friends a story about his grandmother, a Countess. As a young woman, she had once incurred an enormous gambling debt, which she was able to erase by learning a secret that guaranteed that she could win by playing her cards in a certain order. One of Narumov's friends, German, has never gambled, but he is intrigued by the story about the Countess and her secret. He soon becomes obsessed with learning this secret from her, and he starts by courting her young ward Lizaveta, hoping to use her to gain access to the Countess.

Russia in the 19th century. The young Lieutenant Stanislaus Kovolski is in constant financial difficulties. One day he meets a fortune-teller, who prophesies that the great blessing is to expect.

Russia, 1835. Lieutenant Hermann, a compulsive gambler, is fascinated by an infallible martingale held by Countess Tomski, nicknamed The Queen of Spades. The day Hermann wants to wring the secret from her, the countess dies of fear. Following this tragic scene, Hermann sinks into dementia. Luckily, Lisa, his frail lover, brings him back to life and happiness.

An army officer becomes obsessed with learning the secret to a card game for which an elderly countess sold her soul years earlier.

Does the old Countess really have the secret of winning at cards? And did she really sell her soul to the Devil to get it?

Is there a secret for winning at cards? And did the old Countess sell her soul to the Devil to find it?

A compulsive gambler learns about a formula for winning every game.

A young army officer meets with tragedy when he attempts to force the secret of winning at cards from an aging countess.

Anna Feodotovna Tomski, an old Russian countess, is said to be in possession of the "secret of the cards" that the famous magician Cagliostro once entrusted to her at the court of France. Her grandson Paul, an inveterate gambler, would like to have the secret so that he will no longer lose at the game, but the one who seems to be ready to do anything to obtain it is a German officer, Hermann, who claims to be in love with Lise, the countess' ward.

A countess married to Russia's envoy to the court of Louis XVI is a gambling addict and doesn't seem to mind that she loses nightly at the card table.Until a mysterious count entrusts her with a dangerous secret.

Tchaikovsky's 1890 opera is presented in a condensed English version that stresses characterization over spectacle Set in 18th century Russia where Ghermsn, a young engineer, becomes obsessed with gambling. There is only one person able to help him, an enigmatic old countess, who knows a formula for winning but she will die if she reveals it.

Tchaikovsky's opera in a no holds barred treatment.

A cheating secret for gambling turned out to be a curse.