TCHAIKOVSKY. EUGENE ONEGIN.

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Eleanor Burke

MUSIC DIRECTOR Oliver Cope

LIGHTING DESIGN Trui Malten

VENUE JACKSONS LANE THEATRE

AWARD NOMINATIONS:

Off West End Award - Best Production (Eleanor Burke)

Off West End Award - Best Performance (Ensemble & Orchestra)

★★★★★ HAM & HIGH

“THIS GLORIOUS PRODUCTION OF TCHAIKOVSKY’S MASTERPIECE EUGENE ONEGIN WILL DO MUCH TO BURNISH HGO’S ALREADY GLITTERING REPUTATION FOR NURTURING YOUNG TALENT.”-

“DIRECTOR ELEANOR BURKE HAS, INSPIRATIONALLY, TRANSPOSED THE STORY TO THE 80S AND EARLY 90S.”

★★★★★ THE SPECTATOR

“THRILLINGLY DIRECT”

“ELEANOR BURKE’S STAGING WAS UPFRONT AND RAW, PLACING THE ACTION AMID VODKA-SWILLING NORTH LONDON TEENS AND IN DOING SO, HONOURING TCHAIKOVSKY’S OWN WISH THAT ONEGIN SHOULD BE AN OPERA FOR, AS WELL AS ABOUT, THE YOUNG.”

“ IT WAS THE SORT OF NIGHT THAT MADE YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND DRAG IN AN OPERA-SCEPTIC, JUST TO WATCH THEIR PREJUDICES BEING BLASTED AWAY AT STORM FORCE”

★★★★★ SEEN AND HEARD INTERNATIONAL

“HGO’S NEW EUGENE ONEGIN IS NOT ONLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE PRODUCTIONS I HAVE SEEN YET FROM THE COMPANY; IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE OF THE WORK I HAVE SEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME TOO. “

“THE STRONG DIRECTION GIVES THE OVERT DRAMA A NEW LEASE OF LIFE AND ONE BELIEVES IN THESE CHARACTERS AS THEMSELVES, LENSKY AND OLGA AS MUCH AS ONEGIN AND TATIANA, THE TROUBLED COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY GROW UP TOO, DIFFERENT CHARACTERS SKETCHED INTRIGUINGLY, BECOMING A CHORUS WHEN CALLED UPON, YET CLEARLY HAVING LIVES, PROBLEMS, AND PERSONALITIES OF THEIR OWN.”

“CLEARLY A CONSEQUENCE OF DEDICATED, INTENSIVE COLLABORATION, ALL WAS MORE THAN THE SUM OF ITS CONSIDERABLE PARTS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.”

★★★★ PLAYS TO SEE

”IN THIS IMAGINATIVE VERSION DIRECTED BY ELEANOR BURKE FOR THE ADMIRABLE HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA (HGO) THE SETTING IS SHIFTED TO THE PRESENT DAY AND THE CONTRAST BETWEEN COUNTRY SIMPLICITY AND CITY SOPHISTICATION IS SHOWN IN A DIFFERENT BUT EFFECTIVE WAY“

”THE TORMENTED DUET BETWEEN TATYANA AND ONEGIN AT THE CLIMAX OF THE OPERA WAS ALL ONE COULD HAVE WANTED…ANOTHER REAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR HAMPSTEAD GARDEN OPERA AND ITS YOUNG PERFORMERS”