Described by Tchaikovsky as ‘lyric scenes’, Eugene Onegin receives a spectacular reinterpretation from the Norwegian director Stefan Herheim. His productions create controversy and excitement around Europe, and here he takes Pushkin’s story of illusion, disaffection and frustrated love, and places the protagonists – world-weary Onegin and naïve, passionate Tatyana – in a triple temporal perspective, referencing the theatrical present, the period of the work’s composition, and the pageant of Russia’s history. Mariss Jansons, renowned for his mastery of Tchaikovsky’s symphonies, conducts this performance from Amsterdam’s Muziektheater.

Madame Larina: Olga Savova
Tatjana: Krassimira Stoyanova
Olga: Elena Maximova
Filipjevna: Nina Romanova
Jevgeni Onjegin: Bo Skovhus
Vladimir Ljenski: Andrej Dunaev
Vorst Gremin: Mikhail Petrenko
Petrovitsj: Peter Arink
Zaretski: Roger Smeets
Monsieur Triquet: Guy de Mey
Zapevalo: Richard Prada

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Stage Director Stefan Herheim
Conductor Mariss Jansons

Recorded live at De Nederlandse Opera,
June & July, 2011

Extra features:
Cast gallery
30-Minute Documentary Film