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Eugene Onegin staged by Laurent Pelly

Tchaikovsky’s lyric opera Eugene Onegin staged by Laurent Pelly at De Munt / La Monnaie and conducted by Alain Altinoglu with a star cast of performers.

Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN
Lyrical scenes in 3 acts and 7 tableaux, Op. 24 (1878)

Tchaikovsky’s lyric opera Eugene Onegin is based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse – a masterpiece of Russian literature. The narrative tells the story of Onegin’s remorse in rejecting the young Tatyana and his instigation of a fatal duel in which his friend Lensky dies. The opera is constructed in what Tchaikovsky termed ‘lyrical scenes’, with music that articulates the feelings of the characters with great sensitivity and subtlety. With a minimalist set design, director Laurent Pelly’s staging underlines the lightness and sadness of the subject while fully expressing the characters’ fantasies and inner torments. After his forays into the Russian repertoire, Alain Altinoglu conducts La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with a cast of outstanding singers.

Eugene Onegin STÉPHANE DEGOUT Baritone
Tatyana SALLY MATTHEWS Soprano
Lensky BOGDAN VOLKOV Tenor
Olga LILLY JØRSTAD Mezzo-soprano

La Monnaie Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Conductor ALAIN ALTINOGLU
Stage Director and Costume Designer LAURENT PELLY

Film Director FRANÇOIS ROUSSILLON
Filmed on 7 and 9 February 2023 at De Munt / La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium

2.110777 / NBD0185V
Total playing time: 148 min
Language: Russian · Subtitles: EN, DE, FR, JP, KR
DVD: NTSC 16:9 · Dolby Digital 2.0 and DTS 5.1 · DVD 9 · Region: 0
BD: HD 16:9 · PCM Stereo 2.0 and DTS Master Audio 5.1 · BD 50 · Region: A, B, C