Farewells and bold debuts in National Ballet of Canada's Onegin

Artists of National Ballet of Canada in John Cranko's Onegin

Guillaume Côté as Onegin and Jurgita Dronina as Tatiana in Onegin

Harrison James as Lensky and Guillaume Côté as Onegin in Onegin

Jurgita Dronina as Tatiana and Guillaume Côté as Onegin in Onegin

By Gianmarco Segato, 26 November 2023

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“Côté’s long immersion in Onegin was evident in his exquisitely detailed characterization”

Reviewed at Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto on 24 November 2023

Onegin (John Cranko)

National Ballet of Canada

Hope Muir, Director

Santo Loquasto, Set Designer, Costume Designer

The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

Guillaume Côté, Dancer

Jurgita Dronina, Dancer

Larkin Miller, Dancer

Svetlana Lunkina, Dancer

Harrison James, Dancer

Siphesihle November, Dancer

Tina Pereira, Dancer

Tirion Law, Dancer

Hot ice: Osipova and Brændsrød sizzle in Cranko’s Onegin

Mark Pullinger, 3rd June

Natalia Osipova, a seasoned Tatiana, is joined by Lukas B Brændsrød, making his debut as Onegin in the summer return of John Cranko's take on Pushkin's classic verse novel.

*****

The Royal Ballet in Onegin: supreme performances across the board

Graham Watts, 22nd January

The welcome revival of a borrowed jewel in The Royal Ballet's treasure chest of story ballets.

*****

Onegin is the Bridgerton of ballet

Ivy Lin, 20th June

Two very promising debuts in the lead roles and good performances in the supporting roles, made this an enjoyable Onegin.

****1

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Pushkin in Prague: a fine revival of Onegin by Czech National Ballet

Jonathan Gray, 9th February

Powerful performances by the four leading dancers brought dramatic weight to this tremendous revival of John Cranko's Onegin by Czech National Ballet.

****1

Fair Verona comes to Sydney: the AB's heartrending Romeo and Juliet

Chantal Nguyen, 1st December

The Australian Ballet do full justice to Shakespeare's epic tale of star-crossed lovers. Featuring a restaging of John Cranko's famous ballet, the first in almost twenty years, both the ensemble and leads shine in bringing Verona to life.

****1

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.