
A general and his stepdaughter are both heavily in debt. When the family's tutor, in love with the girl, gets lucky at the gambling table, he tries to rescue her from her desperate situation, but she outright rejects him. Prokofiev's first full-length opera The Gambler, based on Dostoyevsky's partly autobiographical novella ironically written to settle gambling debts, is rarely performed today. This 2020 production brings together director Vasily Barkhatov and conductor Modestas Pitrenas and stars the winner of the 2019 International Opera Award, Asmik Grigorian, in the role of Polina.

as Alexey

as Polina

as The General

as Blanche

as The Marquis

as Mr. Astley

as The Baron Würmerhelm

as Prince Nilsky

as The General’s aunt

as Potapitsch

as The First Croupier

as The 2nd Croupier