2020 / 2021 Большой зал VIІІ сезон
27 февраля * суббота * 18:00
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
(dedicated to the 180th birthday)
Eugene Onegin
Opera (lyrical scenes) in 3 actsand a Prologue
Eugene Onegin
Opera (lyrical scenes) in 3 acts and a Prologue
PRODUCTION GROUP
Conductor: Alan Buribayev, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan, Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Director, Set Designer: Davide Livermore
Set Designer: Francesco Calcagnini
Costume Designers: Sofya Tasmagambetova, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan / Pavel Dragunov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Chorus Master: Yerzhan Dautov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Choreographer: Elena Sherstneva
Lighting Designer: Vincenzo Raponi
Opera Company Director: Azamat Zheltyrguzov, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Assistant Directors: Yerenbak Toikenov / Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia / Anja Rudak
Assistant Costume Designer: Natalia Fedorova
Technical Project Manager: Victor Carare
Video Projection: D-WOK Srl
In May 1877, the opera singer Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya advised Tchaikovsky to create an opera based on the plot of Pushkin's novel in verse Eugene Onegin. At first this idea seemed wild to the composer, according to his memoirs. However, soon enough, he was growing excited about the suggestion and created the scenario in one night before starting the composition of the music. Tchaikovsky admired Pushkin.
He wrote the libretto in collaboration with Konstantin Shilovsky (1849-1893). Tchaikovsky used original verses from Pushkin’s novel – the “encyclopedia of Russian life” – as Vissarion Belinsky called it, and chose scenes that involved the emotional world and fortunes of his heroes, having modestly titled the opera “lyrical scenes”. Therefore, he decided to entrust the first performance to the youth - the students of the Moscow Conservatory. On 17 (29) March 1879, the premiere of Eugene Onegin took place. Soon, the opera was staged at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (1881) and the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg (1884), it was a great success and became one of the most popular works.
Today, the most famous opera houses and singers include this opera in their repertoires. The lead roles were brilliantly performed by opera stars such as Renata Tebaldi, Galina Vishnevskaya, Roza Jamanova and Anna Netrebko (Tatyana); Pavel Lisitsian, Muslim Magomayev, Yermek Serkebayev and Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin); Vladimir Atlantov, Ivan Kozlovsky, Sergei Lemeshev, Zurab Sotkilava, Alibek Dnishev (Lensky) and others.
Eugene Onegin – Talgat MUSSABAYEV, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Tatyana – Aigul NIYAZOVA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Vladimir Lensky– Zhan TAPIN, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Olga – Dina KHAMZINA, Honoured Worker of Kazakhstan
Larina – Gulzhanat SAPAKOVA
Prince Gremin – Yevgeniy CHAINIKOV
Nurse – Saltanat MURATBEKOVA
Triquet – Beimbet TANARYKOV
Zaretsky – Yerzhan SAIPOV
Company Commander – Shyngys RASYLKHAN
Old Tatiana: Mansiya YESTEKOVA
Tatyana’s soul: Anel ABDULLINA
Olga’s soul: Ulmeken BEKTAYEVA
OPERA SOLOISTS, ORCHESTRA, CHORUS, BALLET, EXTRAS
AND PUPILS OF THE CHILDREN’S STUDIO OF THE ASTANA OPERA HOUSE
Running time: 3 hours 10 minutes (including two intervals)
