Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

'But I was not made for wedded bliss, it is foreign to my soul...' 
ONEGIN

The Genesis Energy Season of Eugene Onegin.  Honour, love, death and regret are the powerful themes of Tchaikovsky's grand opera of 'lyrical scenes', as he described Eugene Onegin.

Set in 19th-Century Russia and based on Alexander Pushkin's novel, Eugene Onegin packs a dramatic and visual punch.  The ball scene in Act III is one of opera's most magnificent and sumptuous creations - a perfect snapshot of life among St Petersburg's wealthy elite.  This production captures the essence of that priviledged world in all its glory and despair.  In the end, Onegin is what Tchaikovsky himself called 'a superfluous man'.  Money, it seems, can't buy you love.

In her debut with The NBR New Zealand Opera, rising star soprano Anna Leese will star as Tatyana alongside UK's William Dazeley, one of the leading baritones of his generation, in the title role.

AUCKLAND  17 - 26 September 2009
WELLINGTON  10 - 17 October 2009

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