A Dark And Brooding Tale

Tchaikovsky's stirring and heartbreaking operatic rendition of Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin is presented by Opera Columbus this February, in a reimagining of the vast tale which sets it in the 1950s. First performed a century ago by students in Moscow, Eugene Onegin is a dark and passionate opera, full of unrequited love, heartbreaking duels and all-consuming regret.

When Eugene Onegin, a fun-loving and narcissistic young gentleman, accompanies his best friend, Lensky, to the Larin Country State in St. Petersburg his life is ultimately turned upside down as he meets the modest and quiet Tatyana. Initially rejecting her advances Onegin goes on his way unaware that a mere five years later his encounter with the young girl would change him beyond repair.