Eugene Onegin

With stunning natural imagery and attention to every detail, Barrie Kosky presents Tchaikovsky’s soulful drama about the hopes, longings, and failures of four young people who come to realize in the end that happiness was almost within reach

• 

  – Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de

• 

  – Iko Freese / drama-berlin.de

When the poet Lensky visits his fiancée Olga and brings along his mysterious friend Eugene Onegin, Olga’s introverted sister Tatyana is immediately hooked. But Onegin rejects her supplication. Years later, he meets her again, but now it is she who doesn’t want to hear his sudden pleas for love ...

It was with Eugene Onegin that Tchaikovsky achieved his breakthrough as an opera composer, making an unparalleled contribution to modern music theatre. With its opulent stage design, Barrie Kosky’s production captures the poetry of the characters and their tragedy, set in the vastness of a natural space. Supported by Tchaikovsky’s unforgettable music, Eugene Onegin is a ‘delicate psychogram of young people who are just learning for the first time what irreversible decisions truly mean’ [BR KLASSIK].

2 hr 45 min incl. intermission

Artists/Collaborators: Simon Berger (Dramaturgie), Klaus Bruns (Kostüme), David Cavelius (Chöre), Franck Evin (Licht), James Gaffigan (Musikalische Leitung), Barrie Kosky (Inszenierung), Rebecca Ringst (Bühnenbild), Werner Sauer (Spielleitung), Anna Skryleva (Musikalische Leitung), Hubert Zapiór (Jewgeni Onegin), Penny Sofroniadou (Tatjana), Rachael Wilson (Olga), Maya Gour (Olga), Ulrike Helzel (Larina), Karolina Gumos (Larina), Bogdan Taloş (Fürst Gremin), Dimitry Ivashchenko (Fürst Gremin), Ksenia Vyaznikova (Filippewna), Ulrike Helzel (Filippewna), Christoph Späth (Triquet), Carsten Lau (Ein Hauptmann), Jan-Frank Süße (Ein Hauptmann), Alexander Kohl (Guillot), Komparserie (Komparserie), Chorsolisten der Komischen Oper Berlin (Chor), Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin (Orchester)

Koproduktion mit dem Opernhaus Zürich

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 24/October/2026 19:00 (7 more dates)
• Venue Komische Oper Berlin: Schillertheater - Großer Saal
• Address Bismarckstraße 110, 10625 Berlin-Charlottenburg