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Alone and in love: Christoph Loy’s compelling new Eugene Onegin in Oslo

By Aksel Tollåli, 18 February 2020
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“Audun Iversen was absolutely tremendous in the role of Onegin”
Reviewed at Oslo Opera House, Main Stage, Oslo on 15 February 2020
Programme
Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin
Performers
Norwegian National Opera
Lothar Koenigs, Conductor
Christof Loy, Director
Raimund Orfeo Voigt, Set Designer
Herbert Murauer, Costume Designer
Audun Iversen, Eugene Onegin
Svetlana Aksenova, Tatyana
Tone Kummervold, Olga
Bogdan Volkov, Lensky
Robert Pomakov, Prince Gremin
Randi Stene, Madame Larina
Zaza Gagua, Captain
Marius Roth Christensen, Monsieur Triquet
Andreas Heise, Choreography
Norwegian National Opera Chorus
Norwegian National Opera Orchestra
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Aksel Tollåli
Aksel Tollåli
Aksel is currently studying towards a degree in musicology at the University of Oslo. At the moment he is an exchange student at Goldsmiths College in London. He is also a choral singer and a trombonist. His musical interests include 20th-cenury French music, Baroque opera and the music of Richard Strauss.