Eugene Onegin
Cast sheet
Monday 30 September 2024
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7pm
Exceptional philanthropic support from
Royal Ballet and Opera Principal
Julia Rausing Trust
Generous philanthropic support from Fondation Socindec, Huo Family Foundation and Crevan O’Grady & Jane McClenahan
The role of Eugene Onegin is supported by Alan and Christine Jay
Approximate timings
Music
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Libretto
after the verse novel by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin
Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Conductor
Henrik Nánási
Director
Ted Huffman
Set Designer
Hyemi Shin
Costume Designer
Astrid Klein
Lighting Designer
D. M. Wood
Movement Director
Lucy Burge
Eugene Onegin
Gordon Bintner
Tatyana
Kristina Mkhitaryan
Lensky
Liparit Avetisyan
Olga
Avery Amereau
Prince Gremin
Brindley Sherratt
replaces Dmitry Belosselskiy
Madame Larina
Alison Kettlewell
Filipyevna
Rhonda Browne
Monsieur Triquet
Christophe Mortagne
Captain
Siphe Kwani
Zaretsky
Jamie Woollard
Guillot
Alex Gotch
Peasant Singer
Timothy Parker-Langston
Children
Chloe Pujade-Lauraine Portocarrero, Kevin Tolbaru
Dancers
Lauren Bridle, Viva Foster, Alex Gotch, Sebastien Kapps, Dak Mashava, Milo McCarthy, Sam Morris, Audrey Page, Sophie Tierney, Róisín Whelan
Chorus
Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus Director
William Spaulding
Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Principal Guest Concert Master
by Arrangement with TRITTICO
Vasko Vassilev
Sopranos
Christine Cunnold, Celeste Gattai, Alison Rayner, Elinor Rolfe Johnson, Rosalind Waters, Vanessa Woodfine
Mezzo-sopranos
Siobhain Gibson, Zoë Haydn, Frances Jellard
Tenors
Simon Biazeck, Phillip Brown, Andrew Busher, Andrew Friedhoff
Basses
Oscar Castellino, Oliver Gibbs, James Quilligan, Jonathan Wood
Music Preparation
Sergey Rybin, Christopher Willis, Richard Fu
Assistant Directors
Simon Iorio, Eleanor Burke
Assistant to the Movement Director
Róisín Whelan
Language coach
Liuba Orfenova
Fight Director
Carlotta De Gregori of RC-Annie Ltd
Intimacy Director
Yarit Dor
Patron
HM The King
Music Director Designate
Jakub Hrůša
Director of Opera
Oliver Mears
Director of Casting
Peter Mario Katona
Administrative Director
Cormac Simms
Synopsis
In the garden of the Larin country estate, Tatyana and her sister Olga are singing an old love song.
SCENE ONE: AUTUMN
In the garden of the Larin country estate, Tatyana and her sister Olga are singing an old love song. Their mother Madame Larina reflects with the girls’ nurse Filipyevna on the days before her marriage. A group of neighbours arrives to celebrate the harvest with song and dance. Vladimir Lensky, Olga’s childhood friend and suitor, arrives at the estate and introduces his new neighbour Eugene Onegin to the sisters. Tatyana falls deeply for Onegin.
SCENE TWO: THAT NIGHT
Unable to sleep, Tatyana asks Filipyevna about her own youth and early marriage. Tatyana writes a letter to Onegin confessing her love for him. At dawn, she asks Filipyevna to arrange for the letter to be delivered to Onegin.
SCENE THREE: THE NEXT MORNING
Onegin tells Tatyana that he was touched by her letter, but that he would not be a good husband for her or anybody. He warns her to be more cautious in the future.
SCENE FOUR: WINTER
At a party celebrating Tatyana’s name day, neighbours gossip about her and Onegin. He dances with Olga instead, and Lensky becomes jealous. Monsieur Triquet, an elderly Frenchman, sings a song composed by Lensky for Tatyana. Lensky confronts Olga. She dismisses his anxiety and continues to flirt with Onegin. Lensky challenges Onegin to a duel.
INTERVAL
SCENE FIVE: EARLY THE NEXT MORNING
In a field near the Larin estate, Lensky waits for Onegin and reflects on the possibility of meeting an early death. Onegin arrives and both privately regret being in this circumstance. The men prepare their pistols. Lensky dies.
SCENE SIX: YEARS LATER
Onegin returns to St Petersburg after years travelling alone. He meets his relative Prince Gremin at a society ball. Gremin introduces Onegin to his wife: Tatyana. The unexpected meeting stirs up old feelings for both Onegin and Tatyana. Gremin describes to Onegin how happy Tatyana has made him. Onegin realises his terrible mistake in rejecting her and writes a letter, declaring his love for her.
SCENE SEVEN: THE NEXT MORNING
Onegin, having no answer to his letter, arrives at the Gremin palace and begs Tatyana to run away with him. Tatyana admits that she still loves him, but that she has made her decision and will not leave her husband. Onegin is devastated.
Guidance
Language
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