| Komische Oper Berlin | ||
| Henrik Nánási | Conductor | |
| Barrie Kosky | Director | |
| Rebecca Ringst | Set Designer | |
| Klaus Bruns | Costume Designer | |
| Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin | ||
| Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin | ||
| Franck Evin | Lighting Designer | |
| Günter Papendell | Baritone | Eugene Onegin |
| Asmik Grigorian | Soprano | Tatyana |
| Karolina Gumos | Mezzo-soprano | Olga |
| Aleš Briscein | Tenor | Lensky |
| Margarita Nekrasova | Mezzo-soprano | Filippyevna |
| Alexey Antonov | Bass | Prince Gremin |
| Christiane Oertel | Mezzo-soprano | Madame Larina |
| Christoph Späth | Tenor | Monsieur Triquet |
| Yakov Strizhak | Bass | Zaretsky |
| Jan-Frank Süße | Bass-baritone | Captain |
Artistic director and head director Barrie Kosky takes on one of the greatest unhappy love
stories of operatic literature: Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Following on from his comedic
Don Giovanni in the previous season, baritone Günter Papendell once more proves his
range as a vocalist and actor in the role of the titular hero who suffers as a result of his own
arrogance. It was not the stuff of grand opera, but the emotions of real people, »a conflict
which truly touches me«, which inspired Tchaikovsky when he achieved the first great
success of his operatic career with Eugene Onegin. Poetic richness was more important to
the composer than a fast-paced dramatic plot. Warm, heart-felt melodies, chruses in the
Russian folk tradition and a richly instrumented orchestral sound spirit audiences away into
the inner worlds of the protagonists, who – as so often with Tchaikovsky – cannot escape
their destiny with Tchaikovsky – cannot escape their destiny.
Performance in Russian with subtitles in English, German, French, Turkish.
Tickets 12 - 92€.
