Insight Talk: Queen of Spades

Tuesday 22 April 2025

Ahead of your visit in the summer, discover more about The Queen of Spades in this insight talk combining historical context from Sophie Rashbrook with musical excerpts performed by singers on our Young Artists’ Programme.

Sophie Rashbrook is a writer, librettist, opera dramaturg and surtitler whose writing has been described as ‘ingenious’ and ‘adventurous’ in The Times.

Illustrated with extracts from the opera sung by Alvarez Young Artists.