"La Dame de Pique" E. Scribe - F. Halévy and "Dame of Spades" of M. and P. Tchaikovsky
In the article there are compared two operatic works, created on the basis of A. Pushkin's “Queen of Spades”, its first musical realization - “La Dame de Pique” by E. Scribe - F. Halevy (1850) and the universally recognized masterpiece - “Queen of Spades” of M. I. and P. I. Tchaikovsky (1890). There is also discussed the difference in plots, ideological and genre concepts, the images of the main characters, the interpretation of the supernatural. It is established that the main differences between the Pushkin's story in the Opera of Scribe, Halévy from the Opera of Tchaikovsky brothers comes from a comprehensive review of the story of the three cards. In the interpretation of French authors the mystery of the three cards I absent, and all that story of conflict associated with it are nothing but a result of deliberate hoaxes. Its own investigation has a reference to the genre of opéra comique, with its inherent features of the musical style. The fact of existence of Halevy's Comic Opera and other similar musical and dramatic realizations of Pushkin's novel in the nineteenth century proves the greatness of Pushkin's text for a variety of interpretations.