Patrick Nolan’s thoughtful staging for Opera North shifts Pushkin’s story forward to explore the transition from Soviet state to elitist excess ...
The stars in this rating are all down to the musical quality of the performance and the abilities of the singers – a leading ...
Masterpieces can withstand all kinds of interference, and Tchaikovsky’s magnificent romantic music-drama about the troubled ...
OPERA North brought Tchaikovsky’s powerful opera Eugene Onegin back to the Leeds Grand after 43 years and have served up a ...
The title character of Alexander Pushkin's 1833 novel "Eugene Onegin" might be labeled a "fop" or a "dandy." San Francisco Ballet Artistic Director Tamara Rojo has even suggested that his modern-day ...
Far worse things happen to characters in other operas by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but “Eugene Onegin” sweeps the competition for its depiction of crippling interpersonal damage. By the time Ralph ...
Vancouver Opera’s ravishing new production of Eugene Onegin is the best of both worlds: lush period piece and sharp contemporary vision. Director Pamela Berlin’s take satisfies opera fans’ desire to ...
Not “Eugene Onegin.” Tchaikovsky’s retelling of Pushkin is not only dramatically compact and psychologically acute, it cleaves to the emotional trajectory of its (anti)hero, maturing from distanced ...
Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. So much has been said about Eugene Onegin; and yet, as with all the great operas, there will always be more to say.