
Opera
Yevgeny Onegin
Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
And happiness was so possible. So close…!— Pushkin (Eugene Onegin)
In 1830 Alexander Pushkin published his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, a masterpiece of Russian literature that is at once a satire of a society plagued by ennui and a melodramatic flight of fancy. In 1881 Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky translated this plot into ‘lyrical scenes’. The music is wholly used to articulate the feelings of the characters while the orchestra seeks to unify the musical idiom by means of compulsive themes of great subtlety. After his recent forays into the Russian repertoire, Alain Altinoglu will turn his attention to a score that is characteristic of the ‘lyrical truth’ dear to Tchaikovsky. Frustrated human beings, the playthings of fate, are at the heart of Laurent Pelly’s staging. The minimalist set design will underline the lightness and sadness of the subject while providing a setting conducive to the expression of the characters’ fantasies and inner torments.
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Dates
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Sun 29 Jan 2023
Time
15:00
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Tue 31 Jan 2023
Time
19:30
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Wed 01 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Thu 02 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Sat 04 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Sun 05 Feb 2023
Time
15:00
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Tue 07 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Thu 09 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Fri 10 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Sun 12 Feb 2023
Time
15:00
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Tue 14 Feb 2023
Time
19:30
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Cast
ConductorALAIN ALTINOGLU Director & CostumesLAURENT PELLY
Set designMASSIMO TRONCANETTI LightingMARCO GIUSTI ChoreographyLIONEL HOCHE Costume collaborationJEAN-JACQUES DELMOTTE Chorus masterJAN SCHWEIGER
LarinaBERNADETTA GRABIAS TatyanaSALLY MATTHEWS
NATALIA TANASII (1, 4, 10, 14.2) OlgaLILLY JØRSTAD
LOTTE VERSTAEN ° (1, 4, 10, 14.2) Filipp’yevnaCRISTINA MELIS Yevgeny OneginSTÉPHANE DEGOUT
YURIY YURCHUK (1, 4, 10, 14.2) LenskyBOGDAN VOLKOV
SAM FURNESS (1, 4, 10, 14.2) Prince GreminNICOLAS COURJAL Captain PetrovitchKRIS BELLIGH ZaretskyKAMIL BEN HSAÏN LACHIRI ° TriquetCHRISTOPHE MORTAGNE Guillot JÉRÔME JACOB-PAQUAY Precentor CARLOS MARTINEZ
HWANJOO CHUNG (31.1 & 2, 5, 7, 9.2)
° MM Laureate
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra
ProductionLA MONNAIE CoproductionTHE ROYAL DANISH OPERA (Copenhagen)
Act 1 chorus costumes originally made by La Monnaie for the coproduction of The Golden Cockerel with Teatro Real of Madrid and Opéra National de Lorraine
In co-production with Shelter Prod and Prospero MM Productions, with the support of Taxshelter.be and ING
With the support of the Belgian Federal Government's Tax Shelter