From Milan’s historic Teatro alla Scala, a production of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsk'y's "Eugen Onegin" starring starring Alexey Markov in the title role, with Aida Garifullina, Dmitry Korchak, and Elmina Hasan, conducted by Timur Zangiev.
From La Scala: "Teatro alla Scala presents a new production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece drawn from Pushkin’s novel in verse. The composer wrote: 'Those for whom the first prerequisite of an opera is stage action will not be satisfied by it. Those, on the other hand, who in an opera are capable of looking for the musical illustration of everyday, simple, universally human emotions, far removed from anything tragic or theatrical, may (I hope) actually turn out to be satisfied with my opera.'
"The music is entrusted to the youthful Timur Zangiev, who stepped into the spotlight when he replaced Valery Gergiev in the Pique Dame and was consecrated at the Salzburg Festival."
This broadcast is presented as part of the WFMT Opera Series. The live radio broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera will resume in December 2025.
COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
LIBRETTO: Konstantin Shilovsky and the composer himself, based on Alexander Pushkin's novel of the same name
VENUE: Teatro alla Scala
PRESENTING COMPANY: Teatro alla Scala
ENSEMBLE: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
CONDUCTOR: Timur Zangiev
CAST:
Larina: Alisa Kolosova
Tatyana: Aida Garifullina
Olga: Elmina Hasan
Filipyevna: Julia Gertseva
Eugene Onegin: Alexey Markov
Lensky: Dmitry Korchak
Prince Gremin: Dmitry Ulyanov
A captain: Huanhong Li
Zaretsky: Oleg Budaratskiy
Triquet: Yaroslav Abaimov
Approx. Length: 2 hours, 51 minutes
