NIO delivers an emotionally engaging Eugene Onegin in Belfast

Anne Flanagan (Older Tatyana), Mary McCabe (Tatyana) and Yuriy Yurchuk (Onegin)

Norman Reinhardt (Lensky) and Yuriy Yurchuk (Onegin)

Yuriy Yurchuk (Onegin)

Sarah Richmond (Olga), Mary McCabe (Tatyana), Anne Flanagan (Older Tatyana), Carolyn Dobbin (Larina)

Sarah Richmond (Olga), Mary McCabe (Tatyana) and chorus

Por Andrew Larkin, 15 septiembre 2024

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“an impressionistic approach, mirroring the fluidity of memory”

Crítica hecha desde Belfast Grand Opera House, Belfast el 14 septiembre 2024

Chaikovskiï, Eugene Onegin

Northern Ireland Opera

Dominic Limburg, Dirección

Cameron Menzies, Dirección de escena

Niall McKeever, Diseño de escena

Gillian Lennox, Diseño de vestuario

Kevin Treacy, Diseño de iluminación

Orchestra of Opera Northern Ireland

The Chorus of Northern Ireland Opera

Yuriy Yurchuk, Eugene Onegin

Mary McCabe, Tatyana

Norman Reinhardt, Lensky

Sarah Richmond, Olga

Niall Anderson, Prince Gremin

Carolyn Dobbin, Madame Larina

Jenny Bourke, Filippyevna

Aaron O'Hare, Monsieur Triquet

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Andrew Larkin

Andrew Larkin is a pianist, composer and teacher from Dublin. Educated at Dublin and at Cambridge, he has performed all around Europe and Mexico. He currently teaches piano and composition in Dublin.

Northern Ireland Opera delivers an emotionally engaging Eugene Onegin in Belfast