Broadcast, The Metropolitan Opera (In Russian with English subtitles)
Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Conductor: Timur Zangiev
Choreographer: Kim Brandstrup
Production: Deborah Warner
Set Design: Tom Pye
Orchestra: Metropolitan Orchestra
Cast: Tatiana: Asmik Grigorian, Olga: Maria Barakova, Filippyevna: Larissa Diadkova, Lenski: Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Eugene Onegin: Iurii Samoilov, Gremin: Alexander Tsymbalyuk
Set in 19th-century Russia, Eugene Onegin tells the story of Tatiana, a romantic young woman who falls in love with the detached aristocrat Onegin. She confesses her feelings in a letter, but he rejects her, advising restraint. Later, Onegin provokes his friend Lenski by flirting with Olga, leading to a duel in which Lenski is killed. Years afterward, Onegin meets Tatiana again in St. Petersburg, now married and refined. Realizing he loves her, he begs for her affection, but she refuses to betray her husband, leaving Onegin alone and regretful.
(3hr 45 mins including two interval)