Eugene Onegin from Garsington Opera
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin gives exquisite voice to the casualties of love, the victims in the battle between raw emotion and social convention. Conductor Douglas Boyd, director Michael Boyd and designer Tom Piper have brought the fateful romance to life in a critically acclaimed production at Garsington Opera this summer, with Roderick Williams and Natalya Romaniw making their role debuts.
Cast:
The daughters of Madame Larina:
Tatyana - Natalya Romaniw
Olga - Jurgita Adamonytė
Madame Larina, a widowed landowner - Louise Winter
Filippyevna, an old nursemaid - Kathleen Wilkinson
Peasant leader - Adam Temple-Smith
Vladimir Lensky, a poet - Oleksiy Palchykov
Eugene Onegin - Roderick Williams
A captain - Martin Häßler
Monsieur Triquet, a Frenchman - Mark Wilde
Zaretsky, a retired officer - Andrew Tipple
Guillot, Onegin’s manservant- Adam Torrance
Prince Gremin, a retired general - Brindley Sherratt
Garsington Opera Orchestra and Chorus
ACT ONE
Scene One: An estate in the country, late summer
Madame Larina and the old nursemaid, Filippyevna, remember their youth while the peasants on the estate are hard at work bringing in the harvest. Tatyana, the widowed Madame Larina’s eldest daughter, spends her time reading and dreaming, while her younger sister, Olga, plans to marry the poet Vladimir Lensky, their nearest neighbour. Lensky comes to visit, bringing with him his friend, Eugene Onegin. Tatyana is convinced that he is the man of her dreams.
Scene Two: Tatyana’s bedroom
Tatyana stays awake throughout the night, writing a love letter to Onegin. When morning comes she persuades Filippyevna to deliver it.
Scene Three: A corner of the Larin estate
Onegin returns Tatyana’s letter, telling her that he is unable to respond to such an impetuous outpouring of emotion: love and marriage are not for him.
ACT TWO
Scene One: The Larin home, winter
It is Tatyana’s nameday and friends and neighbours have gathered to celebrate. A Frenchman, Monsieur Triquet, sings an ode to Tatyana. Angered at being dragged to the party by Lensky and maddened by the guests’ assumptions, coupling him with Tatyana, Onegin dances all night with Olga. Lensky is furiously jealous and, losing his temper, challenges his friend to a duel. Onegin accepts.
Scene Two: A lonely spot, early morning, three days later
Zaretsky, Lensky’s second in the duel, complains that their opponent is late. Lensky meditates on his love for Olga and the prospect of death. Onegin arrives and, although both he and Lensky are full of remorse and regret, they are unable to reach a reconciliation to avoid the duel. Lensky is killed.
ACT THREE
Scene One: A ballroom in St Petersburg, six years later
Onegin has been travelling abroad since the duel. On his return to St Petersburg he attends a grand ball and encounters Prince Gremin, who introduces his young wife, Tatyana. Onegin falls hopelessly in love with her.
Scene Two: A room in Prince Gremin’s place, some time later
Tatyana reads a love letter from Onegin, which has stirred up the memories of everything that has gone before. When Onegin implores her to respond to his passion Tatyana admits that she still loves him. But it is too late: she is now married and must honour the promises she has made to her husband. Onegin despairs.
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