有一个古老的仪式已经为人所知超过一百年了。传说，人们对着镜子说三遍黑桃皇后的名字，她就可以通过画在镜子上的门和楼梯被召唤出来。黑桃皇后从照镜子的人中获得能量，她会剪睡梦中的人的头发，那些看到她的人不是疯了就是死了。四个年轻人开玩笑决定要召唤她，但是当其中一个人死于突发性心脏病，剩下的几个人意识到他们要面对的是匪夷所思的事件和死亡的危险。

詹妮弗是一个有着黑暗过去的年轻女子，她仍在继续寻找失踪的兄弟。很快，詹妮弗发现哥哥的失踪并非意外……而是与超自然的事情有关。

很很久以前，有一位女高音歌唱家用她的年轻美貌和完美的歌声征服了全世界，而如今只剩下那段传奇与她相伴。她已多年不表演，也不再出现在她曾经叱咤风云的上流社交场合。这个曾经惊艳世界的疯狂女人如今想要在事业上再次凯旋。她用尽所有伎俩，不择手段地来达成她的野心。而一个野心勃勃的年轻男歌剧演员成了她的牺牲品……

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.

A gambling countess comes by a secret three card combination that wins her a fortune, but she is allowed to use it only once and not gamble again. She passes on the info twice, and the recipients both die violently. She is warned that if she passes it on again, she too will die. Many years later, a young soldier discovers that the countess has the secret, and he resolves to get it out of her.

赫尔曼是十九世纪初欧美资本主义社会“新兴人类”代表，他文质彬彬、仪表堂堂，却有着摩菲斯特的灵魂。他清高骄傲，从不淑足赌场，心中却对不劳而获抱有极大的狂热。为了获取老伯爵夫人的牌技秘诀，他机关算尽，甚至用爱情作为诱饵，不惜拔枪逼死了老伯爵夫人。机关算尽得了悲剧首场。本片所批判的不仅使这些类唯利是图、不择手段的野心家，也有资本主义社会中冰冷的赤裸裸的金钱关系。

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.

Screen adaptation of Tchaikovsky's opera based on the Aleksandr Pushkin short story of the same name.

十八世纪末的圣彼得堡，下级军士盖尔曼爱上了贵族女子丽莎，却因为阶级的距离求而不得。他听说丽莎的祖母、伯爵夫人有三张神秘的纸牌，让她在赌局上常胜不败，便想探求其中的秘密以期改变自己的命运，赢得爱人的青睐。 歌剧《黑桃皇后》，由柴可夫斯基改编自普希金的短篇小说，是这位俄罗斯伟大作曲家的晚期代表作。歌剧中塑造了一个经典的赌徒形象，从另一面反映了俄国社会的阴暗面，为了金钱不惧一切的以身犯险。普希金为丽莎安排了幸福的结局，柴可夫斯基却在歌剧中给她一场悲剧，让人们在少女的死亡中直面现实。盖尔曼最后唱到：“什么是生活？一场赌博而已！不论好坏，全是梦幻！” 挪威歌剧导演斯特凡·赫海姆壮观的制作，呈现出柴可夫斯基音乐中的变化多端，十八世纪的俄国贵族生活，伯爵夫人手中三张神秘的纸牌，深沉的悲剧和空灵的圣歌。此番上演，英国皇家歌剧院邀请了一众实力派歌唱家，共同演绎这场三张扑克牌引起的悲剧。

Obsessive in gambling and in love, the soldier Hermann is the protagonist of Tchaikovsky’s Pique Dame, based on a story by Pushkin. He is smitten with the aristocratic Lisa and fixated on learning the winning secret of ‘the three cards’ from her grandmother, the Countess, played by iconic contralto Ewa Podles. This opulent production from Barcelona’s Liceu captures St Petersburg in the era of Catherine the Great, while the house’s Music Director Michael Boder conducts a large and impressive cast. Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 30th June & 1st July 2010.