Eugene Onegin

New National Theatre Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Important Info

Type: Opera

City: Tokyo, Japan

Starts at: 18:30

Acts: 3

Duration: 3h 5min

Sung in: Russian

Titles in: English,Japanese

Cast

Performers

Mezzo-Soprano: Anna Goryachova (Olga)

Soprano: Ekaterina Siurina (Tatyana)

Chorus: New National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra: Tokyo Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Valentin Uryupin

Tenor: Viktor Antipenko (Vladimir Lensky)

Bass-Baritone: Yuriy Yurchuk (Eugene Onegin)

Creators

Composer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Poet: Alexander Pushkin

Director: Dmitri Bertman

Librettist: Konstantin Shilovsky

Overview

This phenomenal production brings together an extraordinary cast of renowned Russian opera specialists, including Ekaterina Siurina, one of the world's top sopranos, Yuriy Yurchuk, a leading baritone famous throughout Europe, Anna Goryachova, who has taken the major houses by storm, and Victor Antipenko, who performs all over Europe, particularly in Germany, and North America.

Tchaikovsky's romantic opera Eugene Onegin, the first Russian opera produced under artistic director Ono Kazushi's policy of performing a wider range of repertoire, returns to the New National Theatre Tokyo. Based on Alexander Pushkin's original work, the dignified story is conveyed with Tchaikovsky's unique lyricism, for a masterpiece sure to move the hearts of all. It also features numerous popular numbers often performed as stand-alone pieces, such as the Letter Aria, 'Kuda, kuda, vi udalilis' and a spectacular polonaise.

Because the Dmitry Bertman's production takes on the motif from the Konstantin Stanislavsky's production, the characters are portrayed from a modern viewpoint and filled with vibrant energy based on Stanislavsky's realism. In portraying human relationships between Russian regional aristocrats in the early acts, as well as in the final scene expressing the misery of Tatyana, who has become Duchess of St. Petersburg, and Onegin, this production has been acclaimed for vividly capturing contrasts and featuring beautiful set and costume designs.

History

Premiere of this production: 29 March 1879, Maly Theatre, Moscow

Eugene Onegin is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer himself, very closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry.

Venue Info

New National Theatre Tokyo - Tokyo
1 Chome-1-1 Honmachi, Shibuya City

The New National Theatre, Tokyo (NNTT) is Japan's first and foremost national centre for the performing arts, including opera, ballet, contemporary dance and drama. Since 1997 more than 650 productions were staged. There are about 300 performances per season with approximately 200,000 theatergoers. The centre has been praised for its architecture and state-of-the-art modern theatre facilities, which are considered among the best in the world.

The construction of the NNTT was completed in February 1997. Its first public performances took place in October of that year. The Tokyo Opera City Tower is connected to the theatre. It has concert halls, an art gallery, a media-art museum, office space, many restaurants and shops. The combined complex of the skyscraper tower and the theatre is called the "Tokyo Opera City".

Besides the public performances, various enterprises are undertaken, such as the young artist training programs (for ballet, opera, and theatre), theatre rental for other performing arts groups, performing arts-related exhibitions, public usage of its video library and book library, public performances for children and young students, backstage tours, and most importantly, international exchanges for performing arts events, etc. Moreover, The Stage Set & Design Centre (located in Choshi city, Chiba Prefecture), stores and exhibits previously-used stage scenery and costumes.