Eugene Onegin

Following their critically-acclaimed and hugely popular five-week run in London last year, Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose tour the UK with their new English Version of Tchaikovsky’s sweeping Eugene Onegin, arriving at Malvern Theatres on Saturday 2nd June.

With a narrative that is both romantic and thought-provoking, the central character is the fiercely intelligent but naïve Tatyana, whose entanglement with Onegin results in a wiser, sadder but ultimately self-reliant heroine.

Taking inspiration from sources as wide as Pushkin, the British film An Education and the TV series Mad Men, this new chamber version transposes the story of Tatyana’s sexual awakening to the early 1960s, a world on the cusp of the women’s liberation movement when new thinking fought against the old ways. Infatuation and self-control do battle in well-tailored world of sleek suits, with seasonal allusions to the snow-swept Russian landscape of the original.

Performed by ten singers and four instrumentalists in a new orchestration for piano, cello, violin and woodwind; this coming-of-age story is a requiem for lost innocence and a triumphant celebration of hard-won independence – told through some of the most glorious music ever written.

Suitable for ages 12+
Running time: 2hr 15mins (incl. interval)

OperaUpClose is an ambitious, inclusive, Olivier Award-winning touring opera company producing high quality, innovatively staged, unintimidating and affordable English language productions.
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★★★★ “intense” The Times
★★★★ “excellent” The Stage
★★★★ “beautifully performed” Reviews Hub
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Production Photos by Andreas Grieger

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Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Orchestrators Alison Holford & James Widden
Librettist Robin Norton-Hale
Musical Director Sonia Ben Santamaria 
Director Lucy Bradley 
Designer Rosanna Vize 
Lighting Designer Andrew May

Ticket price includes a £1 contribution to our heritage fund.