Details

Based on Pushkin's masterpiece of Russian literature, Tchaikovsky's great opera tells of the fated love between the innocent Tatyana and the world-weary cynic Eugene Onegin. The opera includes the famous 'letter scene', a tour-de-force of the soprano repertoire, in which Tatyana dramatically and magnificently declares her true love for Onegin, a love that is tragically rejected. The ensuing maelstrom of emotions ends in duel between Onegin and his best friend, the poet, Lensky, which leaves Lensky dead and Onegin devastated. Years later, at the St Petersburg Ball, Onegin meets Tatyana again and realises his mistake, but now the married Tatyana is unable to accept his love. Sung in Russian with English surtitles

Cast/Performers

Mark Stone (Onegin), Camilla Roberts (Tatyana), Peter Wedd (Lensky), Victoria Simmonds (Olga), Sarah Pring (Larina), Graeme Broadbent (Gremin), Menai Davies (Filippyevna), Tyrone Landau (Triquet), Nicholas Todorovic (Zaretsky)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Book by: Pushkin
Lyrics: Shilovsky
Producer: Opera Holland Park
Company: City of London Sinfonia
Conductor: Stuart Stratford
Director: Tom Hawkes
Design: Peter Rice
Lighting: Colin Granfell
Choreographer: Jenny Weston