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Opera in three acts and seven scenes (1879) After Alexander Pushkin, music by Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky
“Eugene Onegin tells a love story that doesn’t work”. This is how Ralph Fiennes sums up the plot of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s opera, inspired by Pushkin’s work. A jaded young dandy, Onegin sets shy Tatiana on fire at first sight. Overcoming her reticence, she writes him a passionate love letter. Alas, he brutally refuses, giving her a lecture on morality. However, years later, after a duel, he falls in love with the young woman who is now Prince Gremin’s wife. Will she yield to his advances? Fascinated by Russian culture and attuned to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s music, Ralph Fiennes is directing his first opera. If he chooses to use pictorial simplicity to evoke the Russian countryside or a ballroom, it is all the better to emphasise the emotions of the characters, as complex as they are modern.
Boris Pinkhasovich (Eugene Oneguin) , Ruzan Mantashyan (Tatiana), Bogdan Volkov (Lensky) Marvic Monreal (Olga); Susan Graham (Madame Larina); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Pince Gremin)
Ralf Fiennes: Director ; Semyon Bychkov : Conductor, Michael Levine: Set designer, Annemarie Woods :Costume Designer
Russian
French
Production company : La Belle Télé
Coproduction company : Opera national de Paris in partnership with Pathé live
Running Time : 200'
Production Year : 2026
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : 16/9