Eugene Onegin

Story

Synopsis

“Eugene Onegin tells a love story that doesn’t work”. This is how Ralph Fiennes sums up the plot of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s opera, inspired by Pushkin’s work. A jaded young dandy, Onegin sets shy Tatiana on fire at first sight. Overcoming her reticence, she writes him a passionate love letter. Alas, he brutally refuses, giving her a lecture on morality. However, years later, after a duel, he falls in love with the young woman who is now Prince Gremin’s wife. Will she yield to his advances? Fascinated by Russian culture and attuned to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s music, Ralph Fiennes is directing his first opera. If he chooses to use pictorial simplicity to evoke the Russian countryside or a ballroom, it is all the better to emphasise the emotions of the characters, as complex as they are modern.

Director

Ralph Fiennes

Language

Russian

Country

France

Release date

9 February 2026

Ensemble

Cast

• Boris Pinkhasovich

  Eugene Onegin

• Ruzan Mantashyan

  Tatiana

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  Bogdan Volkov

  Lensky

• Marvic Monreal

  Olga

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  Alexander Tsymbalyuk

  Prince Gremin