Pique Dame - Ballet/pastoral, Part 2 - Borodina Met ’99

Pique Dame/The Queen of Spades - Act II Master of Ceremonies - Matthew Polenzani Paulina//Daphnis - Olga Borodina Chloé - Olga Trifonova Count Tomsky/Plutus - Nikolai Putilin Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Ballet c. Valery Gergiev Part two of the oft-cut Act II ballet/pastoral scene. Your typical shepherd meets/falls in love with shepherdess, then is challenged for shepherdess’ affection by Russian nobleman love story. Cameo appearances by Hvorostovsky, Domingo, Gorchakova, and Soderstrom..