Eugene Onegin at Glyndebourne May 23, 2008
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What's happening at Tanglewood May 18, 2008
Levine conducts concert performance of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" with Renee Fleming, Ramon Vargas, Peter Mattei, Ekaterina Semenchuck, Wendy White, Vitalij Kowaljow, Alan Dunbar, Evan Boyer, Tanglewood Festival Chorus. 8/3: Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts Albeniz's Suite from "Iberia," Lalo's Cello Concerto with Yo-Yo Ma, Rachmaninoff's "Symphonic Dances.". (Boston Globe)
Jump In: Classical May 18, 2008
On Aug. 2, the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" with a cast that includes Ren e Fleming, Ram n Vargas, and Peter Mattei. And starting Aug. 9, the TMC Orchestra and vocal fellows perform a fully staged production of Weill's "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny." 617-266-1200, tangle. (Boston Globe)
Leyla Gencer; Turkish soprano made mark on Italian stage May 11, 2008
She moved to the Milanese opera house after successful performances in "Madame Butterfly" and Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" in Naples. Her repertoire during a career spanning some 30 years included more than 70 roles. (Boston Globe)
Turkish soprano Gencer, who performed at La Scala, dies May 11, 2008
Gencer, a contemporary of opera legends Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, made her La Scala debut in 1957, playing Madame Lidoine in the world premiere of Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmelites." She moved to the Milanese opera house after successful performances in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" and Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" in Naples. Her repertoire during a career spanning some 30 years included more than 70 roles. (Yahoo News)
What's On: Stage Apr 18, 2008
Canadian Opera Company stages Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, from Aleksandr Pushkin's prose novel. Simple country girl Tatyana declares her love for the aristocrat Onegin but she is arrogantly rejected. (Toronto Star)
Singing the Delta blues Apr 17, 2008
I flew to New York on the day spring arrived and all along 90th Street a lovely blue flower called Pushkinia blossomed which is named for the poet who, according to Russians, cannot be translated into English, but Tchaikovsky made a gorgeous opera of "Eugene Onegin," which is some consolation, and then there is the flower. I flew on Northwest Airlines, which now, like Pushkin, will vanish into the earth, devoured by Delta, and this makes me a little sad. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Cinema's poet of silence switches to opera with Mozart debut at ENO Apr 16, 2008
Kiarostami among big-name directors as company plans 10 new productions. Charlotte Higgins, arts correspondentWednesday April 16, 2008. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
A BSO season of Messiaen, Mozart Apr 4, 2008
The season opens on Sept. 24 with Levine leading an all-Russian program featuring works by Glinka and Mussorgsky and Latvian soprano Maija Kovalevska making her BSO debut as a soloist, singing the letter scene from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." Two days later, Levine leads the orchestra and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus in Brahms's "German Requiem.". Over the course of the season, Levine will also lead premieres of three new works: Leon Kirchner's "The Forbidden," Gunther Schuller's previously... (Boston Globe)
Singers, orchestra rise above flawed concept of Onegin Apr 4, 2008
The Canadian Opera Company's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which opened on Wednesday, is extremely well sung ... Eugene Onegin continues on various dates through April 30 (416-363-8231 or ). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Lofty lineup Apr 3, 2008
Karita Mattila The great Finnish diva sings arias from Jenufa and Eugene Onegin. Sakari Oramo conducts the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Minghella's death leaves cultural void Mar 29, 2008
"Daedalus" Gelb says, "Was inspired (and begun) by Minghella and died with him." He was also slated to direct a new production of "Eugene Onegin" to open the Met's 2012-13 season. "There is a hole for the Met with his loss," Gelb says. (Variety)
A charged 'Parsifal' from the Opéra National de Paris Mar 15, 2008
Last fall in Munich he staged a "Eugene Onegin" in which Onegin and Lensky were a gay couple. For his new production of Wagner's "Parsifal" at the Op. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Public radio Feb 23, 2008
Tchaikovsky: Polonaise from Eugene Onegin; Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D. Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony. 9 p.m. Field Notes. (Montana Standard, MT)
Doing the Time Warp again - and again Feb 9, 2008
Ferguson, whose previous projects include Eugene Onegin for Opera Australia and The History Boys for the Melbourne Theatre Company, had only $200,000 to play with, "which is extremely small in musical terms. It means that you just have to be really resourceful and rely to a certain degree on found objects. Brad and Janet's car, for instance, was pieced together with the grill and headlights from an old Holden EK.". All up, Ferguson spent two weeks sourcing abandoned props for the interior of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Worlds best opera festivals Feb 4, 2008
There are also All-Beethoven and All-Mozart weekends, a concert performance of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and more. With some notable exceptionslike Santa Fe and Tanglewoodthe best festivals are located on the continent where the art form started: Europe. (MSNBC -- Travel)
At the Met, sopranos share beauty of sound and vision Jan 27, 2008
That is, Renee Fleming might have sung the bel canto role of Elvira in Bellini's "I Puritani," and of course Anna Netrebko could, naturally and by birthright, have sung Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." That each does so well in these performances, taped live last winter and broadcast in the Met's new network of movie theaters, shows that we are blessed with two sopranos who have extraordinary, flexible voices and who can act convincingly under the close eye of the HD camera ... The... (Boston Globe)
Looking Off Broadway for the year's best theater Dec 25, 2007
e Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky as the fate-bedeviled couple in "Eugene Onegin," and Susan Graham's transfixing turn in "Iphig?nie en Tauride.". "OHIO STATE MURDERS" Adrienne Kennedy's semi-autobiographical play was essentially a spellbinding monologue about a college student encountering the baleful force of racism. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky wins over crowd with songs from Mother Russia Dec 6, 2007
That may have at least partly explained the slightly restrained quality of the first half of the program, which featured signature arias from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and "Queen of Spades." The rest of the selections were welcome rarities, from Rachmaninoff's opera "Aleko" and Anton Rubinstein's "The Demon" and "Nero.". Hvorostovsky looked slightly torn between projecting the crowd-pleasing Pavarottian persona the audience seemed to want, and modeling the gravitas befitting a great Verdi... (Boston Globe)
Christophers leads H & H in 'Messiah' Dec 2, 2007
The first half of the program features little known Russian arias and selections from two operas through which he has made his name: Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" and "Queen of Spades." The second half dips into the 20th-century popular Russian song repertoire. Tuesday at 8 p.m. 888-266-1200, bostonsymphonyhall. (Boston Globe)
Baritone to present program of darkness and light Nov 30, 2007
And the one who enjoys putting Russian pop on the same program as arias from Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" and "Eugene Onegin.". At one time Hvorostovsky would have regarded the inclusion of unabashedly populist fare in his concerts as "almost a betrayal to my operatic ideals. When I saw the Three Tenors, I said 'Oh my God, this is completely ridiculous.' Then I gave it a second thought, and I realized that what [they] were doing was an incredible pop show, but at the same time . . . they were... (Boston Globe)
A host of new beginnings at Tanglewood next summer Nov 30, 2007
Levine will once again lead the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra in a concert performance of an opera: Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" on Aug. 2, with a cast featuring Ren e Fleming, Ram n Vargas, Peter Mattei, and Vitalij Kowaljow. In addition, he will lead a fully staged TMC production Aug. 9 and 10 of Weill's "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny" and will direct this year's Festival of Contemporary Music (July 20-24), which is entirely devoted to the works of Elliott Carter on the occasion... (Boston Globe)
Star Russian Singer Tours North America Nov 11, 2007
In the first half, the baritone will sing centuries-old Russian sacred works from the Christian Orthodox rite, plus opera arias from Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" and "Eugene Onegin," and from Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Tsar's Bride.". The rest of the program features romances of pre-Revolutionary Russia and popular songs of the Soviet era that speak to the heart of Hvorostovsky's homeland _ from the poignant "Nezhnost" ("Tenderness") and "Gori, gori, moya zvezda" ("Shine, shine, my star") to more... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Gay Cowboys Evoke `Brokeback Mountain' as Munich Boos Onegin Premiere Nov 2, 2007
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Gay cowboys and drag queens doing erotic dances find their way into Tchaikovsky's ``Eugene Onegin'' in Munich ... Eugene Onegin'' plays again at Munich's Nationaltheater tomorrow and Nov. 6, 10, 13 and 16. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Review: San Francisco Opera's 'Magic Flute' a bit out of tune Oct 16, 2007
Tenor Piotr Beczala, who made a thrilling debut three years ago in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," also sounded less alert and vibrant this time around. As Tamino, his sound was as fluid and clear as ever - the lyrical phrases of "Dies Bildniss," in which he first falls for Pamina, arched expressively - but his stage presence was vague and often tentative; it took an effort of will to remember that this was supposed to be the opera's protagonist. (San Francisco Chronicle)
COC lines up conductors to replace Bradshaw Sep 19, 2007
English conductor Sir Richard Armstrong is scheduled to conduct six performances of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, from April 2 to 18 (three more shows, from April 24 through 30, will be led by COC resident conductor Derek Bate). Bradshaw, the COC's general director, died suddenly last month. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
SFOpera ass't director Sep 4, 2007
" Smith studied stage management while getting a political science degree from the University of Michigan, and her teacher there introduced her to opera. It took her a few years, though, to really appreciate the art form. "I remember a moment very early in my career when I was working on a production of 'Eugene Onegin' with Rene Fleming - who wasn't the celebrity that she is now - and standing backstage watching her do the 'Letter aria,' and I got it. It was more than just women singing... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Int'l dance, music festival returns to honor Thai King Sep 3, 2007
Also on offer from Russia are two operas, Eugene Onegin (Sept ... As the first Russian opera to be staged in Bangkok, Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, based on the classic literary work by Aleksandr Pushkin, is probably one show theatergoers won't want to miss. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Bradshaw's shoes will be difficult to fill Aug 18, 2007
In April, he was to have raised the baton for Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. And in June, he was to have conducted Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Archival story: Richard Bradshaw Aug 17, 2007
The two singers will perform duets from Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and Eugene Onegin. Bradshaw has high praise for both singers, and he says he plans to feature both extensively in productions in the new opera house. (Ottawa Citizen)
At the Salzburg Festival, anything but the Age of Reason Aug 8, 2007
Anna Samuil as Tatjana, left, Peter Mattei, center, as Eugene Onegin and Ferruccio Furlanetto as Gremin in Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin." (Monika Rittershaus ) ... If magical powers supply a countervailing force to reason in "Armida," Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" has the irrationality of love. (International Herald Tribune)
Boston Midsummer Opera explores 'two faces' of Offenbach Jul 27, 2007
Since then she's earned positive reviews in a variety of houses, including a turn as Olga in Boston Lyric Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" in 2005. Her ascent, though, will be put on hold soon, as Batton is pregnant with her first child and is due around New Year's. (Boston Globe)
Jerry Hadley Jul 21, 2007
His other roles included Lensky in Eugene Onegin, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni and Tom Rakewell in The Rake's Progress - a notoriously challenging part which Hadley mastered with effortless ease. In 1982 he sang the part in a performance in New York marking the centenary of Stravinsky's birth. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Summer Festivals around the world Jun 2, 2007
Bregenzer Festspiele 2007. tz," "Benvenuto Cellini," and "Le Nozze di Figaro," a repeat of last year's iconoclastic production staged by Claus Guth. Jan Fabre, the writer, painter and sculptor from Antwerp, will offer the world premi?re of his "Requiem for a Metamorphosis," a theatrical requiem with actors, dancers and musicians. www.salzburgfestival.at Festival Opera 2007 To Aug. 26: St. Matthew Passion is being promoted to opera status. It will be performed here, staged and designed by Katie... (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Company No. 7 gets a leg up on the competition May 25, 2007
The program will include dances choreographed by faculty members and set to the familiar scores of "Cinderella," "Porgy " "Eugene Onegin" and "The Magic Flute," among other operas. The matinee will feature young students, ages 3 through 7; the evening performance will highlight advanced students in solos, duos and small group dances. (Columbia Flier, MD)
Tchaikovsky and His Music May 18, 2007
Eugene Onegin was based on Pushkin's novel-poem ... Eugene Onegin - Levine, Dresden State Opera; Ermler, Bolshoi Opera; Solti, Royal Opera. (Suite101.com)
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH: 1927-2007 Apr 29, 2007
Meanwhile, Rostropovich was developing as a conductor, beginning with a 1968 production of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. But he also was coming into conflict with Soviet authorities. (San Francisco Chronicle)
'Where are all the amplifiers?' Apr 18, 2007
" But, in volunteering to go on the road with a riotous rock band, do Hal and his fellow thirtysomething opera singer Renee Salewski really know what they have let themselves in for? Everyone knows what rock musicians do on tour: snort powders, soundcheck deafeningly, bed groupies and assist TVs through windows. But what about classical musicians? Do they go back to the hotel for an after-dinner mint and a game of backgammon? Or could it be that they too require a soundcheck, and indulge in... (Guardian Unlimited)
Blunt Symphony Apr 4, 2007
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Eugene Onegin Mar 22, 2007
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$18 opera is a hot ticket Mar 19, 2007
I caught last month's presentation of "Eugene Onegin," Tchaikovsky's chilly tale of unrequited love ... At "Eugene Onegin," no one turned up the lights at the end, leaving an auditorium full of people to stumble out in the dark. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
Met simulcasts heat up movie venues Mar 4, 2007
On Feb. 24, dozens of movie venues across North America found themselves playing to sellout audiences for the Metropolitan Opera's simulcast presentation of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin.". Thanks to Met general manager Peter Gelb and his initiatives to involve his org with conventional moviegoers, the concept of Metropolitan Opera Broadcasts being available to a wide audience has gone from dream to reality. (Variety)
Love and Let Live Mar 3, 2007
" Liu is probably the shortest role Ms. Shirvis has sung in a long time, compared to some of her other roles like Leila in Les pecheurs de perles for Kentucky Opera or Madama Butterfly with the Eastern Music Festival. That doesn't make it an easy role; her several beautiful arias certainly have their demands vocally. Other roles among the many she's performed include Tatyana in Eugene Onegin with Cleveland Opera, Nedda in I Pagliacci with Toledo Opera and Alice Ford in Falstaff for New Jersey... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Cottoning to Los Angeles Feb 24, 2007
He also expressed affection for Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk," Tchaikovsky's "Queen of Spades" and "Eugene Onegin," Massenet's "Don Quichotte," Debussy's "Pell?as et M?lisande" ("One of the singular masterpieces. It's up there with 'Boris,' with 'Wozzeck,' with 'Don Giovanni,' with 'Parsifal' and 'Tristan' ") and especially middle-period Verdi, as witness his daughter's name. "Luisa is going to be 18 in a few weeks," he said. (Los Angeles Times)
The Air This Week Feb 21, 2007
1:30 p.m. Valery Gergiev/Metropolitan Opera, live from New York City: Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin" (Renee Fleming, Elena Zaremba, Ramon Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Sergei Aleksashkin) (WHRB, WFCR, etc. . (Boston Globe -- Living)
Russian - With Love Feb 12, 2007
February 12, 2007 -- LOVE at the wrong time, love in a cold climate, duels and fidelity, poets and princes - the sweep of Tchaikovs ky's "Eugene Onegin," offers a vivid glimpse of 19th-century Russian so ciety as seen through the lens of its poet, Alexander Pushkin ... EUGENE ONEGIN Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center; (212) 362-6000. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Cineplex looks to Broadway after opera hit Jan 31, 2007
Also on the schedule is the live simulcast of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin on Feb. 24, a repeat showing of Tan Dun's The First Emperor on March 10 and the live simulcasts of Rossini's The Barber of Seville March 24 and Puccini's Il Trittico on April 28. There has already been a "tremendous amount" of advance tickets sold for the last live simulcasts, Cineplex said. (Globe and Mail)
The weekend's TV Jan 30, 2007
He seems to be permanently surrounded by beautiful and flirtatious Russians ladies: ballet dancers, orchestral players, a pianist who looks like Maria Sharapova, a soprano singing an aria from Eugene Onegin whom I thought was particularly worth a listen. I wonder if Mrs Hazelwood is watching and what she's making of it all. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Verdi Classic to Open Lyric Season Jan 20, 2007
The Lyric s season is rounded out by four new productions of four very different and distinct works: Richard Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman Without a Shadow), Verdi s Falstaff, Rossini s Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), and Tchaikovsky s Eugene Onegin. Lyric Opera General Director, William Mason on the casting of and in the Strauss says We have two of the world s best Straussian soprano, both natives of Illinois, coincidentally: Deborah Voigt, whose overwhelming... (Suite101.com)
Opera for everyone Jan 18, 2007
The unbroken, three-opera run in spring 2008 begins on April 2 with Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, with rapidly rising Toronto baritone Brett Polegato in the title role. It is followed by Rossini's Barber of Seville and P;ll;as et M;lisande. (Toronto Star)
Pyotr the great Jan 18, 2007
His ballets, his last three symphonies, the Violin Concerto and the First Piano Concerto are all regular fixtures on concert programmes, and no opera house worth its salt can afford to be without Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades in its repertoire ... Of Tchaikovsky's 10 operas, only two, Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades, are established core-repertory pieces. (Guardian Unlimited)
Canadian Opera Company unveils new season Jan 17, 2007
There will also be a new production of Puccini's Tosca, featuring the same creative team hired for this month's Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk; a rented version of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (with Canadian baritone Brett Polegato in the title role), and a revival of the COC's 1999 production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville. The season features seven full-length works, one more than the current season. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Canadian Opera Company unveils 2007/8 season Jan 17, 2007
January 16, 2007 Canadian press. More Mozart, an avant-garde Russian and a Tony award-winning director will be among those featured in the Canadian Opera Company's upcoming season. (Toronto Star)
Opera Goes to the Big Screen Jan 14, 2007
Why the two things together can be very interesting," said Renee Fleming, Eugene Onegin. Locally, the Regal Eastview Theatre in Victor was one of many movie houses nationwide where opera lovers got to watch the First Emperor. The Met hopes to expose opera to a whole new audience with these types of initiatives. jme Email this Story to a Friend Print Friendly Version Thousands of convicted sex offenders are released from prison each year. Now Genesee County is launching its own... (R News)
Met opera to be simulcast Jan 13, 2007
The next movie theater simulcast is Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" on Feb. 24, starring Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky and conducted by Valery Gergiev. In the United States, the broadcasts reach select Regal Cinemas, United Artists, Edwards, Cinemark and AMC theaters, and in Canada, the operas are presented by Cineplex Entertainment. (Newsday -- New York City)
The Met's second movie matinee: quite the show Jan 9, 2007
Remaining operas in the series: Tan Dun's The First Emperor this Saturday, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin Feb. 24, Rossini's The Barber of Seville March 24 and Puccini's Il Trittico April 28. (In addition to the Columbia theater, showings are scheduled at Regal Bel Air Cinema Stadium in Abingdon. (SunSpot.net)
Magic Flute simulcast does big business Jan 6, 2007
13), Tchaikovskys Eugene Onegin (Feb. 24), Rossinis Il Barbiere di Siviglia (March 24) and Puccinis Il Trittico (April 28). (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Met Opera at a Dublin multiplex Jan 3, 2007
Both those theaters will carry the remainder of the series: Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" (Feb. 24), Rossini's "The Barber of Seville" (March 24) and Puccini's "Il Trittico" (April 28. (San Francisco Chronicle)
