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

Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Eugene Onegin Dec 19 / 22 / 30 / Jan16 2), Artur Rucinski (Eugene Onegin Jan16 4 / 7), Nicole Car (Tatyana), Michael Fabiano (Lensky), Oksana Volkova (Olga), Ferruccio Furlanett (Prince Gremin - except Jan16 7), Brindley Sherratt (Prince Gremin Jan16 7), Diana Montague (Madame Larina), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Filipyevna), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Monsieur Triquet), David Shipley (Captain), James Platt (Zaretsky)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Book by: Pushkin
Lyrics: Shilovsky
Producer(s): Royal Opera House, Teatro Regio Torino, Opera Australia
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov
Director: Kasper Holten
Design(s): Mia Stensgaard, Leo Warner (video)
Costume: Katrina Lindsay
Lighting: Wolfgang Gobbel
Other: Lawrence Watson (animation)
Choreographer: Signe Fabricius
Company(s): Royal Opera Chorus, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House