Peter Ilytch Tchaikovsky
Sung in Russian with English supertitles

February 6, 10, 12 & 14, 2010
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts

Featuring

Onegin: Anton Belov
Tatyana: Veronica Mitina
Lenski: Matthew Pena
Olga: Lara Stevens
Gremin: Todd Robinson
Larina: Sherri Weiler
Filipyevna: Janice Meyerson

Production

Conductor: Timothy Myers
Director: Cynthia Edwards
Set Design: Yoshi Tanokura
Production Manager: Lauren Miller
Costumes: Denice Jewell

Setting

Place: In the country, and in St. Petersburg, Russia
Time: The 1820s

Synopsis

The sensitive Tatyana, in love with her neighbor, Onegin, overcomes her natural shyness and sends him a letter asking him to marry her. His refusal humiliates her. At her birthday ball his attentions to her sister, Olga infuriate his friend Lenski, Olga’s fiancé, who challenges him to a duel. Onegin accepts, and kills his friend. After years of repentant wandering, he visits the court of his cousin, Prince Gremin, and is astounded to find that Tatyana is now Gremin’s wife. Onegin, who now loves her desperately, asks her to run away with him. She wavers but in the end remains faithful, leaving him alone and remorseful.

Other Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Onegin_(opera)
http://www.metoperafamily.org/metopera/history/stories/synopsis.aspx?id=69
http://opera.suite101.com/article.cfm/tchaikovsky_opera_eugene_onegin

Synopsis from Opera Production, by Quaintance Eason.