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Eugene Onegin

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Opera: Work details

Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Librettist: Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky
Librettist: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Work definition: Lyric scenes in three acts
Title notes: Also known as 'Yevgeny Onegin'
After: After the novel in verse 'Yevgeny Onegin' (1833) by Alexander Pushkin
Language: Russian
Notes: This work was first performed by students of the Moscow Conservatory at the Malїy Theatre, Moscow on 17 March 1879. The first performance date refers to the work's professional premiere.
World premiere: 11 January 1881, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
ROH premiere: 29 June 1906, Grand Opera Syndicate Limited
ROH company premiere: 10 February 1971, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Eugene Onegin (1971) The Royal Opera (14 performances online)
Eugene Onegin (1993) The Royal Opera (13 performances online)
Eugene Onegin (2006) The Royal Opera (17 performances online)
Eugene Onegin (2006) Bolshoi Opera (4 performances online)
Eugene Onegin (2013) The Royal Opera (13 performances online)

Performances not linked to a production
1 December 1993 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
28 May 2002 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
15 November 2007 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 June 2013 Matinee 3.00pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
25 February 2015 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
25 February 2015 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
17 July 2016 Matinee 12.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 March 2018 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
18 March 2018 Evening Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
30 May 2018 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London