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Photography: Georges Antoni / Branco Gaica
Onegin
Desire v Duty
A Byronic cad shatters a young girl’s heart – and the stage is set for a fateful tale of broken dreams and wasted love.
Genre: 20th-century full-length story ballet
“Onegin is probably the most richly dramatic and psychologically complex mainstream ballet”The Age
“Onegin is one of the masterpieces of 20th-century ballet … a superb package which The Australian Ballet presents extremely well.”The Advertiser
John Cranko was a master of the story ballet, and his adaptation of Alexander Pushkin’s revered verse novel is considered his crowning achievement. Onegin, a bored aristocrat from St Petersburg, visits the provinces and enchants the naive Tatiana. She sends him an impassioned letter, but he rejects her, dallies with his own best friend’s girlfriend, and kills him in the ensuing duel. Years later the troubled Onegin again encounters Tatiana, now married to a prince, and is bewitched by her. Will she be able to resist?
Set to soaring music by Tchaikovsky, with sumptuous costumes by Jürgen Rose (including Tatiana’s much-coveted red ball dress), this ballet classic will linger with you long after the curtain falls.
Both Pushkin and Cranko had rich artistic careers cut short by untimely death – Pushkin’s after a duel, Cranko’s in a plane. Onegin is their legacy.
Onegin (1965)
Choreography John Cranko
Music Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Arranged and orchestratedby Kurt-Heinz Stolze
Set and costume design Jürgen Rose
Lighting Francis Croese
Venue: Opera Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Dates: 1 – 21 May
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