Due to illness, Myrtò Papatanasiu will not be able to perform during the Bastarda performances of 21 and 23 March. The role of Elisabetta will be performed by Francesca Sassu.

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Opera

Yevgeny Onegin

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky

Presentation
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.

Gallery

Gallery

Dates & tickets

Dates

Cast
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Act 1 chorus costumes originally made by La Monnaie for the coproduction of The Golden Cockerel with Teatro Real of Madrid and Opéra National de Lorraine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