The mets new eugene onegin, directed by fiona shaw, opened on. Deborah warners new production of tchaikovskys tragic romance, directed by fiona shaw, opened the mets 2014 season. Uneven dramatics apart, the met opens season with a handsome. Pacific eugene onegin tchaikovsky anna netrebko and mariusz kwiecien star as.
First seen at londons english national opera, its a modest, traditional show, featuring servants in crisp aprons, mournful senior mezzos and lots. The mets new eugene onegin, directed by fiona shaw, opened on monday in a drab production upstaged by critics protesting russian laws intolerant of gays. The hd season opens on october 5 with eugene onegin and continues with the nose. Metropolitan operas new eugene onegin sometimes soars but at. Deborah warners production of eugene onegin returns to the met, this time. By tradition the gala opening night of a metropolitan opera season is a. With mariusz kwiecien, anna netrebko, piotr beczala, alexei tanovitsky. The metropolitan opera and ncm fathom events present eighth season of. Later, onegin tries to seduce tanya, but shes married.
It was restaged for the royal ballet at the royal opera house in 2001 and remains in that companys repertoire as of 2015. Live in hd, of live and recorded performances of legendary operas by some of the worlds greatest opera stars, begins its 20. The metropolitan opera will open its 2014 season on september 23 at 6. Live in hd 2014 season opens with eugene onegin in u. The metropolitan operas phenomenally popular series of the met. New production, season opening anna netrebko and mariusz kwiecien star as the lovestruck tatiana and the imperious onegin in tchaikovskys fateful romance. Lush orchestrations, elegant ballroom dances, grand sets, and elaborate period costumes bring 1800s russia to life on the mccaw hall stage.
Metropolitan operas 2014 season includes return of. Onegin is considered a classic of russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of russian literary heroes socalled. Onegin s friend lensky introduces him to tanya, his fiancees sister but onegin flirts with his fiancee. Anna netrebko stars as tatiana, the young woman whose impulsive declaration of love is coolly rejected by mariusz kwieciens oneginwith unexpected consequences years later. Anna netrebko has opened the metropolitan opera season for three consecutive years, and. Tchaikovskys eugene onegin, in a production by deborah warner directed by fiona shaw, lets. Eugene onegin opens metropolitan opera season the new. Eugene onegin first hd of the 2014 met season youtube.
I f eugene onegin is a study of how an intelligent man can ruin his life by rejecting the woman who could have been his soul mate and killing his best friend in a duel, then kasper holtens. When deborah warners production of eugene onegin opened the met season in 20, soprano anna netrebko had only recently begun singing the role of tatiana. More than 12 million tickets have been sold since the series inception. With breathtaking music by tchaikovsky the nutcracker, swan lake, 1812 overture and a story based on alexander pushkins masterful verse novel, eugene onegin is poignant russian romance at its finest. Metropolitan opera opens season with anna netrebko in eugene onegin. An absent baritone looms over the met operas onegin. Eugene onegin opens metropolitan opera season the new york. Anna netrebko as tatiana in deborah warners production of tchaikovskys eugene onegin, which. Metropolitan opera to open 2014 season with tchaikovsky. When deborah warners production of eugene onegin opened the met season in 20, soprano anna netrebko had only recently begun singing the role of. Et anna netrebko and mariusz kwiecien star as the lovestruck tatiana and the imperious onegin in.
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