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What is the literal meaning of Pique in the opera Pique de dame queen of spades?

April 26, 2017Dame literal Opera pique queen spades

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What is the literal meaning of Pique in the opera Pique de dame queen of spades?

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The title of Tchaikovsky’s opera is not Pique de Dame, but just Pique Dame, and this is not the original title – that is (quite logically) in Russian, but I must admit that I do not know this original by heart. Translations is Queen of spades, the families of cards in Franch are coeur (hearts), couque (the square red things), jacquet (jacks) and pique (spade).