Continuing our hugely successful season of theatre, ballet and opera live from London, Tideswell Cinema is pleased to announce that Eugene Onegin will be screened live from Covent Garden at 7 pm on Wednesday 20 February at The George Hotel, Commercial Road Tideswell. An encore screening will take place at 7 pm on Sunday 24 February.
An opera full of poignancy and exquisite sensitivity to the nuances of growing up and wrestling to understand your emotions, Eugene Onegin is an inspiring vehicle for Kasper Holten’s first production for The Royal Opera. Working with the Danish set designer Mia Stensgaard, whose design hallmark is clean, strong images ripe with emotion, and fielding a brilliant cast (including Simon Keenlyside in the title role), Holten will provide a fresh reading of this classic opera. ‘Lyrical Scenes’ was Tchaikovsky’s description of Eugene Onegin: his tender exploration of a young girl’s awakening passion, her rejection by the aloof Onegin and her ultimate choice of honour over true love is far more intimate in tone than the archetypal grand Russian opera. Tickets, priced at £12 (£10 concessions), are available from 20 January by calling Tony Wilson on 01298 872379 or by email from info@tideswellcinema.org.uk
Tony Wilson