Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin is an opera screening from the Metropolitan Opera, presented as part of the NCPA’s The Met: Live in HD series. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s celebrated verse novel, the opera explores love, pride, emotional restraint and the consequences of missed opportunities.

The story follows Tatiana, a young woman who falls deeply in love with the sophisticated and aloof Eugene Onegin. When she expresses her feelings, Onegin rejects her. His indifference and pride set in motion a series of events that lead to heartbreak, tragedy and eventual regret, as he comes to recognise his affection for Tatiana too late.

Principal Cast:

• Asmik Grigorian — Tatiana

• Igor Golovatenko — Eugene Onegin

• Maria Barakova — Olga

• Stanislas de Barbeyrac — Lenski

• Stephanie Blythe — Filippyevna

• Alexander Tsymbalyuk — Prince Gremin

Creative Team:

• Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• Conductor: Timur Zangiev

• Director: Deborah Warner

• Set Designer: Tom Pye

• Costume Designer: Chloe Obolensky

• Lighting Designer: Jean Kalman

• Projection Designers: Ian William Galloway and Finn Ross

• Choreographer: Kim Brandstrup

The production features Tchaikovsky’s emotionally rich score and an evocative staging that captures the social world and romantic tensions of Pushkin’s story. Sung in Russian with English subtitles, this screening offers audiences an opportunity to experience a major operatic work on the big screen.