Original: 68 ( , Pikovaya dama ) is an opera in 3 acts ( 7 scenes ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to a Russian libretto by the composer 's brother Modest Tchaikovsky , based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin .
Simplified: The Queen of Spades ( in Russian , pronounced Pi-KO-va-ya DA-ma ) is an opera by Tchaikovsky .