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. Supported by the Garfield Weston Foundation. Running time approx. 3 hrs.

Cast/Performers

Suzanne Murphy (Madame Larina), Amanda Roocroft (Tatyana), Vladimir Moroz (Onegin to Mar 26), Vladislav Sulimski (Onegin from Mar 31), Marius Brenciu (Lensky), Anna Kiknadze (Olga), Elizabeth Vaughan (Filipyevna), Brindley Sherratt (Prince Gremin), Robert Tear (Monsieur Triquet)

Creatives/Company

Music: Tchaikovsky
Book by: Pushkin
Lyrics: Shilovsky
Company: Welsh National Opera
Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev
Director: James Macdonald
Design: Tobias Hoheisel
Choreographer: Stuart Hopps
Other: Larissa Gergieva (vocal coach)