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

By Andrew Larkin, 15 September 2024

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“an impressionistic approach, mirroring the fluidity of memory”

Reviewed at Belfast Grand Opera House, Belfast on 14 September 2024

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin

Northern Ireland Opera

Dominic Limburg, Conductor

Cameron Menzies, Director

Niall McKeever, Set Designer

Gillian Lennox, Costume Designer

Kevin Treacy, Lighting Designer

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