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Dance

Onegin, Royal Ballet

24 Jan 15 – 27 Feb 15, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Don't miss this searing ballet, London 2015. February welcomes John Cranko's interpretation of Eugene Onegin back to Covent Garden.

By CW Contributor on 22/9/2014

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©ROH / Bill Cooper, Laura Morera as Tatiana, and Federico Bonelli as Onegin in Onegin
©ROH / Bill Cooper, Laura Morera as Tatiana, and Federico Bonelli as Onegin in Onegin
Onegin, Royal Ballet Onegin, Royal Ballet Ella Cory-Wright
Alexander Puskhin's Eugene Onegin (1825-37) is the foundational story of modern Russian literature. A novel written in spry verse, it is part passionate romantic tale and part witty disquisition on the nature of life and love. In 1879, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky transformed it into an opera. 
Onegin (1965), choreographed by John Cranko after witnessing a performance, takes music from throughout Tchaikovsky’s career, using them to create an intense, compressed version of Puskhin’s narrative. This is narrative dance at its most resonant, creating fully developed characters through the interplay of motion and music. Cranko fuses classical ballet with folk, modern and acrobatic dance, creating an eclectic showcase for its soloists. A hardy perennial in the Royal Ballet’s repertoire, it was last revived in 2013 to strong reviews and huge audience appreciation. 
The story is a tragic one. Tired of the ennui-laden balls of Saint Petersburg life, the dandyish Eugene Onegin inherits his uncle’s estate and moves to the county. When the quiet, bookish Tatiana falls in love with him, he rejects her, bemoaning the straightjacket of marriage. Out of this single action, a tragic machinery is set in motion, one that will radically transform both Eugene and Tatiana’s lives.
A rotating selection of the Royal Ballet’s principal dancers and soloists will play the ballet’s five parts. Watch out for Vadim Muntagirov, the troupe’s newest principal dancer, who takes to the stage as Lensky for three of the fifteen performances. On the 2nd, 11th and 27th of February, there will be a bookable introductory talk with an expert in the Clore Studio Upstairs.
John Cranko was born in South Africa and began training to dance in Cape Town. Quickly transitioning from performance, Cranko became one of the Royal Ballet’s in-house choreographers. He twice collaborated with Benjamin Britten, on the ballet The Prince of the Pagodas and the opera A Midsummer Night’s Dream. After prosecution for homosexual activity in 1960, he fled Britain and became the director of the Stuttgart Ballet, where he premiered Onegin. He died in 1973, at the age of 47, after an allergic reaction to a sleeping pill. He remains one of the century’s most influential choreographers. Onegin will be one of the most rewarding ballets in London this season.  

What Onegin, Royal Ballet
Where Royal Opera House, Bow Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9DD | MAP
Nearest tube Covent Garden (underground)
When 24 Jan 15 – 27 Feb 15, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Price £TBC
Website Click here to book via the Royal Opera House.



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  • What the critics say 

    THE TELEGRAPH 

    "Cranko a choreographer of tenderness and lyricism, and his Onegin – created in 1965 for the Stuttgart Ballet, after Pushkin’s tragic verse novel – is a lovely piece."

    Mark Monahan

    THE GUARDIAN

    "The ballet's finest moments are the beautifully made duets for the two leads at the end of Act 1 and Act 3. In the first, the Onegin of Tatiana's dreams steps from her bedroom mirror and sweeps her into his arms; in the second, her tortured denial of her own rekindled feelings leaves her limp, fluttering and broken."

    Luke Jennings

    VENUE

    Extensively refurbished in the 1990s, the Royal Opera House can claim to be London’s most elegant arts complex – and one of its most historic. Founded as Theatre Royal in 1732, it has seen premiers by Handel and Britten alike. Now home to the Royal Opera, the Royal Ballet and an in-house orchestra, it remains a world-class venue. 

    COVENT GARDEN

    Covent Garden may be fringed with diabolical chains – Angus Steak House, anyone? – but numerous gastronomic pleasures lurk in its tightly drawn streets. The Opera Tavern serves some of the city’s best tapas and inventive combinations of Spanish and Italian classics. Decadents should try the ibérico pork and fois gras burger. Or go for venison, accompanied by artichoke, walnuts and truffle.

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