Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, P. I., Od (2024/2024), Režírované Michael Thalheimer, Dirigent Vitali Alekseenok, Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany

When Eugene Onegin enters Tatyana's orderly life, he appears to her like a character from her novels. The young, inexperienced woman falls head over heels in love with the sophisticated bon vivant. But he resists her affection - his restless lifestyle is not suitable for a long-term relationship. Years later, the two meet again: the mature Tatjana has entered into a marriage of convenience with the much older Prince Gremin and has become a wealthy woman. Shaken, Onegin realizes that Tatjana would have been the right person for him. But now it's her who rejects his passionate confessions... A year before the "Maid of Orléans", Peter I. Tchaikovsky achieved his international breakthrough as a composer in 1879 with the setting of Pushkin's verse novel "Eugene Onegin". His heartfelt sympathy for the unrequited love of Tatyana prompted Tchaikovsky to search for a musical expression that consciously attempted to distance itself from the operatic pathos of his time. In his "Lyric Scenes" he used a fine psychological instinct to outline the unfulfilled longings of a society that has grown weary of itself, which director Michael Thalheimer portrays in his fourth work for the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.