Described by Tchaikovsky as ‘lyric scenes’, Eugene Onegin receives a spectacular reinterpretation from the Norwegian director Stefan Herheim. His productions create controversy and excitement around Europe, and here he takes Pushkin’s story of illusion, disaffection and frustrated love, and places the protagonists – world-weary Onegin and naïve, passionate Tatyana – in a triple temporal perspective, referencing the theatrical present, the period of the work’s composition, and the pageant of Russia’s history. Mariss Jansons, renowned for his mastery of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, conducts this performance from Amsterdam’s Muziektheater.

Cast

Krassimira Stoyanova

Tatjana

Bo Skovhus

Jevgeni Onjegin

Mikhail Petrenko

Vorst Gremin

Olga Savova

Madame Larina

Elena Maximova

Olga

Nina Romanova

Filipjevna

Andrej Dunaev

Vladimir Ljenski

Peter Arink

Petrovitsj

Roger Smeets

Zaretski

Guy De Mey

Monsieur Triquet

Richard Prada

Zapevalo