Intérprete: Galina Averina

Tchaikovsky stipulated that a staging of Eugene Onegin need not be lavish but should be kept in period. He would have been satisfied with the results here.

James Hurley directs a new production of Puccini's neglected opera to close Opera North's Green Season. 

Peter Mumford's intelligent staging concept and a knockout performance by a reduced Philharmonia Orchestra made this a night to remember.