The Gambler

Bet on a sure thing with this acclaimed staging of the Prokofiev opera derived from the Dostoevsky novel. Conducted by Daniel Barenboim, the opera follows the action set in a 19th-century European spa, where a general's young tutor falls in love with his employer's beautiful ward, only to have the relationship complicated by his─and others'─recklessness with money and others' lives. Misha Didyk, Kristine Opolais, and Vladimir Ognovenko star. 135 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Russian Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English. In Russian with English subtitles.