Aria of Polina (The Queen of Spades)

Composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Genre
Aria
Composed
1890

History of the work

Polina's romance in Act I, sung at Liza's request in the garden. Tchaikovsky set words by Batyushkov, and the song's turn towards the grave frightens the company enough that they break it off.

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