Photo © Guergana Damianova / OnP
Photo © Guergana Damianova / OnP
Eugène Onéguine
Opéra Bastille - from 16 May to 14 June 2017
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Eugène Onéguine
Opera Piotr Ilyitch Tchaikovski
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Opéra Bastille - from 16 May to 14 June 2017
3h00 with 1 interval
About
In few words:
"And happiness was so close…"Alexandre Pouchkine, Eugène Onéguine
In November 1836, irritated by the French lieutenant Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d’Anthès’ importunate attentions towards his wife, the beautiful Natalia Nicolaïevna Gontcharova, Alexander Pushkin challenged his rival to a duel. Beneath a snow-laden sky on the evening of February 8th 1837, the Russian poet, at the height of his glory, was hit by a bullet, costing him his life. Curiously, the same scene had been related in his verse novel, Eugene Onegin, published six years earlier. Inspired by this masterpiece of Russian literature, Tchaikovsky’s opera provides a sublime portrait – both ironic and sympathetic – of a character embittered by society life, rejecting love out of vanity, killing his friend the poet Lenski out of pride and spending the rest of his days in abject despair. A repertoire classic, Willy Decker’s streamlined production makes the Paris Opera echo once more to the strains of Russian romantic music. Edward Gardner conducts an exceptional cast including Peter Mattei in the title role and Anna Netrebko as Tatiana.
Eugène Onéguine
Opera in three acts a,d seven scenes (1879)
After Alexandre Pouchkine
In Russian
Music :
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
Libretto :
Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski
Constantin S. Chilovski
Conductor :
Director :
Set design :
Wolfgang Gussmann
Costume design :
Wolfgang Gussmann
Lighting design :
Hans Toelstede
Choreography :
Athol Farmer
Chorus master :
Madame Larina :
Tatiana :
May
June
31 May
Olga :
Filipievna :
Eugène Onéguine :
Lenski :
Le Prince Grémine :
Monsieur Triquet :
Zaretski :
Le Lieutenant :
Solo Ténor :
Gregorz Staskiewicz
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Audio-description on 3,11, 14 june 2017
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