Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky – Eugene Onegin (Alain Altinoglu / Laurent Pelly / De Munt – La Monnaie)

Lyrical scenes in three acts and seven tableaux, Op. 24 (1878)
Libretto by Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse

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 leading by Stéphane Degout and Sally Matthews.

Eugene Onegin – Stéphane Degout, baritone
Tatyana – Sally Matthews, soprano
Lensky – Bogdan Volkov, tenor
Larina – Bernadetta Grabias, mezzo-soprano
Filipyevna – Cristina Melis, mezzo-soprano
Olga – Lilly Jørstad, mezzo-soprano
Prince Gremin – Nicolas Courjal, bass

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

A co-production by De Munt / La Monnaie and François Roussillon et Associés with the participation of Mezzo and medici.tv with the support of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée

DVD 2.110777 / Blu-ray NBD0185V

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