Royal Opera House; Tchaikovsky’s classic romance, "Eugene Onegin": Side-slips
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A wonderful start to the Winter season!
With its heartfelt arias and ensembles and Tchaikovsky’s gift for orchestration, Eugene Onegin has one of the most beautiful operatic scores of all time.
For romantics of all ages, this dramatic production returns with lavish ballroom scenes and pistols at dawn!
The cast will be led by baritone Artur Ruciński (http://tracking.wordfly.com/click?sid=ODBfMjEyNzFfMTAxNDMzNl83Mzk5&l=bfc0feed-bc8e-e511-bb2d-e41f1345a46a&utm_source=wordfly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2015_nov_cast_change_eugene_onegin_public&utm_content=version_A&emailsource=25886) and rising star Nicole Car.
The classic operas at the ROH are the most expensive, with average prices in the amphitheatre well over £50.
With side slip seats, you are sat high and nearer the stage.
These seats are subsidised to allow access to all and thus at under £20 they offer incredible value.
From The Guardian on the Opera House side slip experience: "I pick up on the hidden advantages of this high spot where, if I stood up and stretched, I could almost touch the ceiling. From up here, the epic scale of the building is revealed in all its multi-tiered, maroon-and-gold glory…. "
With a restricted view of the stage, these seats still offer all the atmosphere of the evening and reputedly the best acoustics.
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Prices / timing
These are the better of the two bands for the side slips, giving the best sight-lines. With earlier access than the general public, we took some of the best seats in this band. We will be sat together. 12 places only - we are limiting numbers to book the best value seats only. The ticket value is £13.
The performance starts at 7.30pm.
Sung in Russian with English surtitles
Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes, including one interval.
To join this event - £15.75 including meetup and paypal fees.
Afterwards you are very welcome to join us for drinks.
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http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/c/6/4/1/600_442970753.jpeg Tchaikovsky’s best-loved opera, Eugene Onegin, is based on Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel of the same name. It provided Tchaikovsky with an opportunity to present everyday and authentic experiences on the stage, in contrast to the epic narratives that characterized much European opera of the time.
After initial consternation that Tchaikovsky should set to music this pinnacle of Russian literature, Eugene Onegin quickly became a firm favourite with Russian audiences. Within a decade of its 1879 premiere it had been performed over one hundred times in St Petersburg. It is now one of the most performed and loved of all operas in the classical repertoire.
STORY:
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When Tatyana is introduced to the dashing, unconventional Onegin, she believes that he is the hero of her dreams. He coldly rejects her. Bored, he flirts with her sister Olga, outraging Lensky, Olga’s fiancé and Onegin’s only friend.
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ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
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The Royal Opera, under the direction of Antonio Pappano, is one of the world’s leading opera companies. Based in the iconic Covent Garden theatre, it is renowned both for its outstanding performances of traditional opera and for commissioning new works by today’s leading opera composers, such as Harrison Birtwistle, Mark-Anthony Turnage and Thomas Adès.
Some of the world's most famous singers have performed with the Company, including Plácido Domingo, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Netrebko, Renée Fleming, Bryn Terfel, Jonas Kaufmann, Rolando Villazón and Juan Diego Flórez, as well as the late Luciano Pavarotti and Joan Sutherland.
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Royal Opera House; Tchaikovsky’s classic romance, "Eugene Onegin": Side-slips