(Eugène Onéguine)

Content: “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.

Countries:

France

Genres:

Music,

Drama

Runtime:

200 minutes

Year:

2026

Directors:

Ralph Fiennes

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Production companies:

Opéra National de Paris

Actors:

Eugene Onegin

Tatiana

Lensky

Olga

Prince Gremin

Crews:

Director

Music

Conductor