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- Choreography:
- John Cranko
- Staged by:
- Reid Anderson and Jane Bourne
- Based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin
- Copyright:
- Dieter Graefe
- Music:
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Arrangement and Orchestration:
- Kurt-Heinz Stolze
- Set and Costume Design:
- Santo Loquasto
- Lighting Design:
- James F. Ingalls
- Repetiteurs:
- Magdalena Popa, Peter Ottmann, Rex Harrington
- Onegin is generously supported by an anonymous friend of the ballet.
About the Ballet
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Few modern choreographers have displayed such an instinct for textual adaptation and been able to convey in dance the subtleties and complexities of literary works as did John Cranko. Alexander Pushkin’s verse-novel Eugene Onegin, a cornerstone of the 19th - century European romantic sensibility, is a case in point.
Mr. Cranko’s 1965 ballet adaptation, Onegin, employs his distinctive choreographic style to capture the original story’s emotional intensity, potent drama and tragic ironies with striking fidelity and perceptiveness. From Pushkin’s story of his Byronic hero, Eugene, and his love for Tatiana, Cranko has shaped a timeless, layered examination of the themes of passion, honour and regret. Tchaikovsky’s music provides the perfect musical context for the ballet, shifting from moments of melodramatic intensity to moods of poetic calm.
Along with his great versions of Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet and The Taming of the Shrew, Onegin must rank as one of Cranko’s – and modern ballet’s – finest adaptations.
The production features new sets and costumes by one of today’s most illustrious contemporary designers, Santo Loquasto.
Read article about the brand new design for Onegin
Reviews
"electrifying performances"
- National Post, 2010
"*****/five Visually a stunner, moving from triumph to triumph... nothing short of thrilling"
- Toronto Sun, 2010
"****/four tumultuous ovation
- The Toronto Star, 2010
New designs intensify and comment on the unfolding drama... feverish romance"
"the audience exploded in a rapturous ovation"
- The Globe and Mail, 2010
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Ballet Notes
Ballet Talks
Ballet Talks are free for ticket holders and take place 45 minutes before every show in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.
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REX HARRINGTON
Saturday June 19 at 1:15 pm
Tuesday June 22 at 6:45 pm
Wednesday June 23 at 6:45 pm
Thursday June 24 at 1:15 pm and 6:45 pm
Friday June 25 at 6:45 pm
JILLIAN VANSTONE
Saturday June 19 at 6:45 pm
PENELOPE REED DOOB with SONIA RODRIGUEZ
Sunday June 20 at 1:15 pm
Principal Casting
Eugene Onegin
Aleksandar Antonijevic (June 19 at 2:00 pm/June 22 at 7:30 pm)
Jiří Jelinek (June19, 23, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Guillaume Côté* (June 20 at 2:00 pm/June 24 at 7:30 pm)
McGee Maddox* (June 24 at 2:00 pm)
Lensky, his friend
Piotr Stanczyk* (June 19 at 2:00 pm/June 22 at 7:30 pm)
Guillaume Côté (June19, 23 at 7:30 pm)
Zdenek Konvalina (June 20 at 2:00 pm/June 24 at 7:30 pm)
Brett van Sickle* (June 24 at 2:00 pm/June 25 at 7:30 pm)
Madame Larina, a widow
Victoria Bertram
Tatiana, her daughter
Sonia Rodriguez* (June 19 at 2:00 pm/June 22 at 7:30 pm)
Xiao Nan Yu (June19, 23, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Greta Hodgkinson (June 20 at 2:00 pm/June 24 at 7:30 pm)
Heather Ogden* (June 24 at 2:00 pm)
Olga, another daughter
Stacey Shiori Minagawa (June 19 at 2:00 pm/June 22 at 7:30 pm)
Heather Ogden* (June19, 23 at 7:30 pm)
Jillian Vanstone* (June 20 at 2:00 pm/June 24 at 7:30 pm)
Bridgett Zehr* (June 24 at 2:00 pm/June 25 at 7:30 pm)
Nurse to Tatiana and Olga
Lorna Geddes
Prince Gremin, friend to the Larina family
Jonathan Renna* (June 19 at 2:00 pm/June 22 at 7:30 pm)
Rex Harrington+ (June19 at 7:30 pm)
Etienne Lavigne* (June 20 at 2:00 pm/June 24 at 7:30 pm)
Patrick Lavoie (June23, 25 at 7:30 pm)
Noah Long* (June 24 at 2:00 pm)
* debuts
+ Artist-in-Residence
All casting subject to change
Running Times
| ACT I | 38:00 |
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| Intermission | 20:00 |
| ACT II | 27:00 |
| Intermission | 20:00 |
| ACT III | 26:00 | Total (approx) | 2:11:00 |