Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin
Madrid's Teatro Real marks Pushkin's 225th birthday — Christof Loy (staging), Gustavo Gimeno (conductor), with Katarina Dalayman, Kristina Mkhitaryan, Iurii Samoilov…
Cast
Christof Loy — Stage director
Raimund Orfeo Voigt — Set designer
Andreas Heise — Choreographer
Herbert Murauer — Costume designer
Olaf Winter — Lighting
Katarina Dalayman — Larina
Kristina Mkhitaryan — Tatyana
Program notes
The 2024-25 season marks the 225th birthday of the esteemed author, poet, and playwright Alexander Pushkin. In celebration of his extraordinary literary legacy, Madrid's world-renowned Teatro Real presents a new Christof Loy production of Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky’s lyric opera based on Pushkin’s eponymous novel. Premiered at the Maly Theatre of the Moscow Conservatory in 1879, 46 years after the novel’s publication, Eugene Onegin follows the story of a self-centered hero who dismisses love and accepts a duel with deadly consequences. Tchaikovsky admired the work's "infinity of poetry" in letters to his brother. However, while Pushkin’s verse is often sharp and satirical, Tchaikovsky’s music emphasizes the characters’ strength of feeling. Join a brilliant lineup — including Ukrainian baritone Iurii Samoilov as Onegin and soprano Kristina Mkhitaryan as Tatyana — alongside the Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, led by conductor Gustavo Gimeno, in this "profound and intimate exploration of love, regret, and honor" (OperaWire).
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