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ComposerTchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich (1840-1893)
PeriodRomantic
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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LeedsEugene OneginNew production

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Garry Walker; Patrick Nolan; Opera North; Leslie Travers; Elizabeth Gadsby; Malcolm Rippeth; Orchestra of Opera North

BerlinEugene Onegin

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Anna Skryleva; Barrie Kosky; Komische Oper Berlin; Rebecca Ringst; Klaus Bruns; Franck Evin; Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Newcastle upon TyneEugene OneginNew production

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Garry Walker; Patrick Nolan; Opera North; Leslie Travers; Elizabeth Gadsby; Malcolm Rippeth; Orchestra of Opera North
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Compelling Ruzan Mantashyan makes the Grange’s Onegin unmissable

Ruzan Mantashyan (Tatyana) © Richard Hubert Smith
The Armenian soprano makes her Grange Festival debut – a casting coup that proves the single most compelling reason to see Max Webster’s new production.
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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Asmik Grigorian (Tatyana) and Iurii Samoilov (Onegin) © Evan Zimmerman | Met Opera

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

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Opera Australia’s Eugene Onegin shines musically

Andrei Bondarenko (Onegin) and Lauren Fagan (Tatyana) © Keith Saunders
Eugene Onegin returns to the Sydney Opera house in Kasper Holten’s slightly awkward production but the singing and orchestral playing are exemplary. 
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