Eugene Onegin
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Event location: Royal Opera House.
 Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Running time: 3 hours
Sung in Russian with English surtitles
* Jette Parker Young Artist
Tchaikovsky was drawn to Pushkin's famous verse novel of 1833 as the subject for an opera by its 'Intimate and powerful drama¦ which can touch me to the quick'. Emotionally intense, the result has similarly touched audiences since its Moscow premiere in 1881. The music has Tchaikovsky at his most dramatic, from the emotional intimacy of the famous Letter scene to the grandeur of St Petersburg society on display. This production by the late Steven Pimlott with designer Antony McDonald had its premiere by The Royal Opera in 2006 and returns here for the first time with a striking new cast of familiar names to present one of opera's great works.
Eugene Onegin is unimpressed with naive Tatyana when they first meet, and her impetuous letter of love to him prompts a cruelly dismissive response. But the tables are turned when they meet again after she has become the sophisticated and beautiful wife of Prince Gremin; Onegin's attempts to gain her love are now thrown back at him. And if the future happiness of Lensky and Olga at first seems certain, Onegin's intervention leads only to a duel and death.
Credits
Revival Director
Elaine Kidd
Production
Steven Pimlott
Composer
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Designs
Anthony McDonald
Lighting
Peter Mumford
Choreography
Linda Dobell
Performers
Conductor
Jirà Belohlávek
Christopher Willis
Madame Larina
Sarah Pring
Diana Montague
Tatyana
Hibla Gerzmava
Marina Poplavskaya
Olga
Ekaterina Semenchuk
Filipievna
Elizabeth Sikora
Lensky
Hans-Peter König
Piotr Beczala
Eugene Onegin
Gerald Finley
Prince Gremin
Hans-Peter König
Brindley Sherratt
Zaretsky
Vuyani Mlinde*
M. Triquet
Robin Leggate
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