Organization

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Mireille Delunsch

Larina

Contralto

Alisa Kolosova

Olga

Delphine Haidan

Filippyevna

Baritone

Jean-Sébastien Bou

Eugene Onegin

Tenor

Jean-François Borras

Lensky

Bass

Jean Teitgen

Prince Gremin

Yuri Kissin

Company Commander

Zaretsky

Marcel Beekman

Triquet

Stage director

Stéphane Braunschweig

Conductor

Karina Canellakis

Lighting designer

Marion Hewlett

Costume designer

Thibault Vancraenenbroeck

Choreographer

Marion Levy

Soprano

Gelena Gaskarova

Tatiana

Set designer

Chorus master

Salvatore Caputo

Opéra National de Bordeaux

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Others

Bordeaux National Opera Choir

Orchestra

Orchestre National de France

Orchester National de France

Russian

Yevgeny Onegin -  (Eugene Onegin)

Paris

France

Théâtre

Lost love, betrayed friendship: three romantic heroes tear each other apart in this famous opera by Tchaikovsky, performed here at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

 

A source of inspiration for many Russian musicians of the second half of the 19th century, the work of the poet Pushkin is revisited by Tchaikovsky, in an intimate and nostalgic opera, on the theme of passing time, lost love and betrayed friendship. Melodist and orchestrator of genius, Tchaikovsky magnifies here the whole range of feelings that animate the three heroes, caught in the throes of the first love emotions, doubts, nostalgia for a past forever gone and missed opportunities

Karina Canellakis conducts the Orchester national de France in Eugène Onéguine by Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky, staged by Stéphane Braunschweig with Mireille Delunsch, Gelena Gaskarova...


 Opera in 3 acts and 7 scenes / on a Russian libretto by Constantin Chilovsky and the composer, inspired by "Eugene Onegin", a novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin
 Concert given on November 10, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
 One of the most poignant Russian lyrical “letters” revisited by Stéphane Braunschweig and conductor Karina Canellakis.  The work of the poet Pushkin was one of the most important sources of inspiration for Russian musicians in the second half of the 19th century.  Tchaikovsky took up his verse poem Eugene Onegin to compose an intimate and nostalgic work on passing time, lost love and betrayed friendship.  Melodist and orchestrator of genius, Tchaikovsky magnifies here the whole range of feelings that animate three young people caught in the throes of the first love emotions, doubts, nostalgia for a past forever gone and missed opportunities.  Three romantic heroes with a solitary and thwarted destiny tear each other apart: Tatiana, a romantic young girl in search of the absolute, Onegin, a dandy hiding under affected disdain an inner emptiness, and Lenski, a poet misled by his literary ideal.  Between these three, there is a runaway passion and disillusionment.  Bruised courses and broken friendships will give way to regrets but much too late.  Pushkin had his eponymous hero say “And happiness was so close”.  All is said.  This unfortunate trio will be performed by Gelena Gaskarova (Tatiana), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Onegin) and Jean-François Borras (Lenski).  A special mention to the presence of the too rare Mireille Delunsch in Madame Larina.  To stage this intimate drama, the talent of Stéphane Braunschweig who seduced us a few years ago with his Don Giovanni and who has just been renewed at the direction of the Théâtre de l'Odéon.  A wind of feminine freshness should blow over the musicians of the National with the first pit in Paris for the young American conductor Karina Canellakis.

One of the most poignant Russian lyrical “letters” revisited by Stéphane Braunschweig and conductor Karina Canellakis.
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The work of the poet Pushkin was one of the most important sources of inspiration for Russian musicians in the second half of the 19th century. Tchaikovsky took up his verse poem Eugene Onegin to compose an intimate and nostalgic work on passing time, lost love and betrayed friendship. Melodist and orchestrator of genius, Tchaikovsky magnifies here the whole range of feelings that animate three young people caught in the throes of the first love emotions, doubts, nostalgia for a past forever gone and missed opportunities. Three romantic heroes with a solitary and thwarted destiny tear each other apart: Tatiana, a romantic young girl in search of the absolute, Onegin, a dandy hiding under affected disdain an inner emptiness, and Lenski, a poet misled by his literary ideal. Between these three, there is a runaway passion and disillusionment. Bruised hearts and broken friendships will give way to regrets, but much too late. Pushkin had his eponymous hero say “And happiness was so close”. All is said.

This unfortunate trio is performed by Gelena Gaskarova (Tatiana), Jean-Sébastien Bou (Onegin) and Jean-François Borras (Lenski). To stage this intimate drama, the talent of Stéphane Braunschweig. A breath of feminine freshness blows over the musicians of the National with the first Parisian pit for the young American conductor Karina Canellakis.

The full program is available here: https://www.theatrechampselysees.fr/s...

DISTRIBUTION
Karina Canellakis | conductor
Stephane Braunschweig | staging and scenography
Marion Levy | choreography
Thibault Vancraenenbroeck | suits
Marion Hewlett | lights

Mireille Delunsch | Madam Larina
Gelena Gaskarova | Tatyana
Alisa Kolosov | Olga
Jean-Francois Borras | Vladimir Lensky
Jean-Sebastien Bou | Eugene Onegin
John Teitgen | Prince Gremine
Delphine Haidan | Filippievna
Yuri Kissin | The Captain / Zaretsky
Marcel Beckman | Mr Triquet
Stanislas Siwiorek | Guillot (silent role)

National Orchestra of France
Chorus of the National Opera of Bordeaux | director Salvatore Caputo

dancers
Cécile Fargues, Justine Lebas, Ilario Santoro, Stanislas Siwiorek

Opera sung in Russian, surtitled in French and English

NEW PRODUCTION
CO-PRODUCTION Théâtre des Champs-Elysées | Bordeaux National Opera

A film directed by Yan Proefrock
A co-production of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Oxymore and Radio France
In partnership with france.tv

With the participation of La Caisse des Dépôts / Sponsor of the audiovisual broadcasts of the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

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