Tag Archives: ROHOnegin

Onegin, with Nuñez and Soares, Royal Ballet, ROH, Covent Garden, January 2015

Posted on 25 January 2015

For John Cranko’s 1960s take on Pushkin’s verse narrative the husband and wife partnership of Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares is about as perfect as it gets. The tearing up of one another’s letters — a Cranko innovation absent from Pushkin, where Onegin rejects her advances in a far gentler way — was effected with cool …

Read more >

Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, February 2013

Posted on 5 February 2013

Artistic director Kasper Holten decided quite sensibly to take over the scheduled revival of an earlier production, and do something new. He was already endowed with some fine singers, so there were excellent performances here, including sympathetic conducting by Robin Ticciati. Simon Keenlyside sang strongly as Onegin though the production prevented him from giving a full portrayal …

Read more >