If he liked it, then he should have put a ring on it.
(Phoenix & Tucson) Arizona Opera kicks off 2015 with one of the greatest dramas in the operatic repertoire, Eugene Onegin. From Pushkin's classic poem comes Tchaikovsky's theatrical masterpiece which follows the story of Eugene Onegin - a man egotistical enough to turn his back on love and a gun on his best friend.
Set in St. Petersburg and the snowy Russian countryside, this new production features the role debut of baritone David Adam Moore as Onegin. Moore is causing a stir on opera stages across the globe, with Seattle Post Intelligencer praising "his enviable swagger coupled with a subtle musicality and big, handsome voice." Soprano Corinne Winters returns to Arizona Opera to portray the role of Tatiana, with acclaimed tenor Zach Borichevsky as Lenski. Second year Marion Roose Pullion Arizona Opera Studio baritone Chris Carr will perform the role of Onegin for the Saturday, February 7 performance. Eugene Onegin will be directed by Tara Faircloth and conducted by Steven White. Sung in Russian with English supertitles.
Performances are January 31 at 7:30 pm and February 1 at 2:00 pm at Tucson Music Hall and February 6 and 7 at 7:30 and February 8 at 2:00 pm at Symphony Hall in Phoenix. Arrive at the theater one hour prior to curtain to attend a free lecture on Eugene Onegin provided by Education Manager Joshua Borths.
Tickets for Eugene Onegin start at $25 and are available here or by calling 602.266.7464 (Phoenix) or 520.293.4336 (Tucson). Tickets are also on sale at the Arizona Opera Center Box Office at 1636 N. Central Ave . in Phoenix, Monday through Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
Arizona Opera will host a free month-long Russian Cultural Festival, with lectures, films and dance events, allowing the community to immerse itself in Russian history and culture in anticipation of Eugene Onegin.
Eugene Onegin
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Libretto by Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky
Based on the Poem by Alexander Pushkin
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Tucson Performance Information
January 31 at 7:30pm and February 1 at 2:00pm
Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church St., Tucson
Phoenix Performance Information
February 6 & 7 at 7:30pm and February 8 at 2:00pm
Symphony Hall, 75 N. 2nd St., Phoenix
About Arizona Opera
Arizona Opera, now in its 44th season, is our state's only professional opera company that produces fully-staged opera performances, concerts, in-school touring productions, educational and outreach programs that reach over 70,000 school-children and adults annually. Since its inception, Arizona Opera has produced over 180 fully-staged operas and concerts. The company's artistic history is rich with a blend of opera's traditional repertoire featuring baroque, bel canto, and verismo works, turn-of-the-century masterpieces, operettas, and American operas. Arizona Opera has also presented Wagner's complete Ring Cycle twice, a feat that has been accomplished in North America by only five other companies. Founded in 1971, Arizona Opera is among only a handful of companies in the United States that regularly performs in more than one city.