- Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin
P.I. Tchaikovsky
Lyric opera in two acts
Libretto by P.I. Tchaikovsky and K.S. Shilovsky based on the eponymous novel by A.S. Pushkin.
Stage Director - Yuri Aleksandrov
Conductors - Mikhail Sinkevich, Victor Levchuk
Set and Costume Design - Vyacheslav Okunev
Choreographer - Anastasia Kadruleva
Choirmaster - Aleksandr Zorin
Cast
Tatiana – Anastasia Averina , Natalya Landovskaya, Olga Maslova
Olga – Evgeniya Gudkova, Margarita Chemduzh
Eugene Onegin – Vyacheslav Khavrenok, Igor Makarov
Vladimir Lensky – Ivan Podoinikov , Pavel Polyaninov, Chingiz Kadyrov
Prince Gremin – Alexandr Vatolkin, Andrei Blahovskii, Vadim Mokin
Yuri Alexandrov calls this opera - "the Gospel of the opera stage", which is essential to the life and soul of the Russian people. He is faithful to his principles of author and associative direction, that requires active participation and empathy of public. The director makes Tatiana the main character of his play and she becomes emotional and spiritual core of the dramatic events, her young vibrant imagination creates romantic story that is rare on beauty and unrealizability. The play is her inner life, emotional outbursts, dreams about a beautiful knight and great love. Therefore, it is light, fantasy, not weighed down by cumbersome decorations and opera cliches. Vyacheslav Okunev found a sophisticated, stylish solution on creating sets and costumes that immerse the viewer in the era of Tchaikovsky. With almost weightless materials, lace weaves he creates on stage the atmosphere of lightness and airiness of girlish dreams.
Premiere date: 4 November 2010
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
For viewers over 12 years old
