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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Tomsky is the only major character to survive the opera completely unscathed, so it has led to theories that he has in fact [[TheChessmaster engineered the whole thing]].
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it. -----
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* FanPreferredCouple: Yes, Herman is an incredibly demanding part and he gets a lot of gorgeous music. Watching and hearing a good tenor sing it is always amazing. But most of the fans of the opera seem to agree: Liza is really stupid to choose that psychotic guy over loving and kind Prince Yeletsky.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it. -----
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it.
** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.
** Some productions downplay it, making Yeletsky only speak noble words while really being an EntitledBastard, so that Liza has a reason to avoid him.
** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.
** Some productions downplay it, making Yeletsky only speak noble words while really being an EntitledBastard, so that Liza has a reason to avoid him.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it. \n** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.\n** Some productions downplay it, making Yeletsky only speak noble words while really being an EntitledBastard, so that Liza has a reason to avoid him. -----
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** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.
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** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.well.
** Some productions downplay it, making Yeletsky only speak noble words while really being an EntitledBastard, so that Liza has a reason to avoid him.
** Some productions downplay it, making Yeletsky only speak noble words while really being an EntitledBastard, so that Liza has a reason to avoid him.
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!! The opera
* AdaptationalDisplacement: ''Literature/TheQueenOfSpades'' is one of Pushkin's lesser-known works, while the opera is extremely frequently performed in the former USSR and fairly often abroad, and has given root to many quotes known even to people who have never heard a single note of it.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it.
** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.
* AdaptationalDisplacement: ''Literature/TheQueenOfSpades'' is one of Pushkin's lesser-known works, while the opera is extremely frequently performed in the former USSR and fairly often abroad, and has given root to many quotes known even to people who have never heard a single note of it.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Liza's behavior towards Prince Yeletsky (she barely even ''looks'' at him!) has earned her quite a few detractors among the fans. After all, it was her who accepted his proposal, and he is extremely kind with her, assuring her of his love and telling her he will respect her decision if she has changed her mind. Even if she realized she only loves Herman, she could at the very least be polite about it.
** Then again, with an opera with such a flawed male protagonist, it could be "intentionally unsympathetic" with the female lead as well.
