Described by Tchaikovsky as ‘lyric scenes’, Eugene Onegin here 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.

Cast:
- 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

Stage Director: Stefan Herheim

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

Extra features:
- Cast gallery
- 30-Minute Documentary Film

‘Put too much steam into Tchaikovsky’s score and it wilts. Be too shy and retiring, on the other hand, and the tragic momentum evaporates. Jansons sets us on a simmer and gradually turns the heat to boiling. It is magisterially paced, stunningly played and, seemingly effortlessly, Jansons captures every aching nuance. […] Herheim’s innovations are often throbbingly acute (and sometimes wickedly funny).’- The Times

‘The Concertgebouw Orchestra, of which Mr. Jansons is music director, is here a dream of a pit orchestra. Mr. Jansons’s musicality is stamped on every phrase, and he ensures ideal coordination between singers and orchestra.’ - New York Times

Running time: 151mins
Region Code: All regions
Picture format: 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS
Menu languages: EN
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/IT/ES