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Eugene Onegin-29 January 1979 Evening 7.30pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Emil Tchakarov
Chorus Master John Barker
Leader John Brown
Cast
Tatyana
daughter of Madame Lárina 		Gabriela Beňačková
Olga
daughter of Madame Lárina 		Anne Wilkens
Madame Lárina
a widowed landowner 		Linda Finnie
Filípyevna
an old nurse 		Patricia Payne
Lensky
a poet in love with Olga 		Nicolai Gedda
Eugene Onegin
a St. Petersburg intellectual 		Yuri Masurok
Zaretsky
a retired Army officer 		Malcolm King
Monsieur Triquet
a French tutor 		Francis Egerton
Trifon Petrovich
an Army Captain 		Norman Welsby
Guillot
Onegin's valet 		Derek Wright
Prince Gremin
an Army General 		Gwynne Howell
Country people, Peasants, Guests at Tatyana's Name-day Dance, Officers and Guests at the Ball in St. Petersburg The Royal Opera Chorus
Children from Eastcourt Independent School (Goodmayes)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Notes: This revival of Eugene Onegin celebrated the centenary of the premiere which took place at the Maly Theatre, Moscow on 29 March, 1879.
Language: Russian
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.51pm, Act II: 9.18-10.00pm, Act III: 10.24-10.59pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 29 January 1979 (in Royal Opera House Collections)