Tchaikovsky is undeniably one of the greatest composers of all time and there is no doubt that his two greatest operas are “Eugene Onegin” and “The Queen of Spades.” These two operas, which not only share a place at the top of the composer’s creative output, also happen to premiere on March 29. “Onegin” came first in 1879 before “Spades” {…}
The Israeli Opera has canceled its upcoming production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” due to the coronavirus outbreak. The company announced that due to Israel’s new regulation which limits gatherings to 100 people in order to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the production would be canceled. “Eugene Onegin” was set to open on March 20 and run through April 1, {…}
(Credit: Yan Bleney) Soprano Nicole Car and Étienne Dupuis do not like to be apart. The two stars, who are currently at the Metropolitan Opera individually taking on two thirds of the Da Ponte and Mozart trilogy, not only share a home, a two-year-old boy, and as many productions as they can, but this very interview. When it was proposed {…}
(Photo Credit: Sunny Martini / Seattle Opera) Seattle Opera’s production of Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” has travelled around, being co-owned by regional opera companies in Kansas City, Honolulu, Detroit, Atlanta, and Seattle, with costumes rented from Santa Fe Opera. And while it was musically and emotionally rewarded, the mounting on January 11 was visually staid. Roads Not Taken For Tchaikovsky’s opera {…}
Now two weeks into 2020, we are starting to see a greater number of opera companies open up their doors and return to business. This week’s five recommendations feature major repertory staples sprinkled in with two rarities – one from the baroque era that comments on today’s Superhero obsessed culture with another more modern composition that looks backward to a {…}
(Credit: Robert Workman) In 2016 a young dramatic soprano won the Zarzuela Division and Second Prize at the Operalia Competition launching her international career and making her one of the most promising dramatic sopranos of her generations. A year before that the soprano had won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions as well as the Gerda Lissner Foundation, and the {…}
The Vienna State Opera will live stream Tchaikovsky’s ”Eugene Onegin” on Nov. 26, 2019. The opera will showcase soprano Marina Rebeka as Tatiana, Boris Pinkhasovich in the title role, Ferruccio Furlanetto as his signature Gremin, Pavol Breslik in his noted interpretation of Lensky, and Margarita Griskova as Olga. The Falk Richter production will be conducted by Michael Güttler. The stream {…}
Livermore Valley Opera will present Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at the Bankhead in Livermore, California starting on Sept. 28, 2019. The performance will feature Morgan Smith in the title role with Ukrainian-born soprano Antonina Chehovska as Tatiana. Kyle van Schoonhoven will round out the cast as Lensky. It will be directed by Candace Evans with the company’s music director Alex Katsman {…}
(Credit: Genevieve Girling) Buxton Festival kicked off their program of operas with “Eugene Onegin,” Tchaikovsky’s work of love, passion, rejection and regret, set among the decadent leisured class of 19th century Imperial Russia, a class which was soon to meet its end at the hands of the communists in the 1917 revolution. Firmly rooted in the Romantic tradition, the opera {…}
(Photo: Jonathan Levin) The last night of the Eurasia Festival saw the artists returning to the Kaufman Music Center for highlights from Tchaikovsky’s cherished opera “Eugene Onegin.” This concert staging was bolstered by excerpts from the original Pushkin poem, with the script adapted by pianist and Russian diction coach Vera Danchenko-Stern. Narrated by stage director Marc Verzatt, these excerpts served {…}
(Production picture from the Canadian Opera Company) The winners of the 2019 Dora Awards were announced earlier this week. Among the opera categories, the Canadian Opera Company won a number of major accolades, including Outstanding Production for its staging of “Eugene Onegin.” In sum, the company managed seven wins for three different operas. “Eugene Onegin” was the big winner, taking {…}