Why does Eugene Onegin, the famed opera of the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, endure? It’s a curious thing. It certainly wasn’t the work that the composer was most proud of – his ...

Far worse things happen to characters in other operas by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but “Eugene Onegin” sweeps the competition for its depiction of crippling interpersonal damage. By the time Ralph ...

Ballets by two of the most important, influential American choreographers will be in focus next season — coinciding with the ...

Woulda coulda shoulda. The low hum of regret runs through Onegin, as a summer idyll turns to sorrow. John Cranko’s 1965 ballet is based on Eugene Onegin. Less spiky than Pushkin’s original ...

Announcing its new season, today Paris Opera revealed a new production of Eugene Onegin in February 2026 will be directed by the renowned actor Actor Ralph Feinnes will direct Eugene Onegin at the ...

In the opulent St. Petersburg of the Empire period, Eugene Onegin is a jaded but dashing aristocrat - a man often lacking in empathy, who suffers from restlessness, melancholy and, finally ...

Actor Ralph Fiennes, who developed a profound love for ballet while filming ‘The White Crow’, will helm a new production of Tchaikovsky’s opera ‘Eugene Onegin’. Fiennes won’t appear on the podium, ...

Operatic soprano and arts and health advocate Renée Fleming, one of the most highly acclaimed singers of our time, will make her debut with Tulsa Opera when she brings her popular Voice of Nature: The ...

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Bertrand Chamayou’s masterful Ravel, a searing Eugene Onegin from Madrid, and Strauss’s Salome in high-octane mode — the month’s must-watch performances online Ersa Mondtag’s staging of Richard ...