Tag Archives: John Cranko

An ecstatic, fevered Tatiana from Natalia Osipova as Cranko’s Onegin returns

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Mark Pullinger

Onegin Royal Ballet, 18th January 2020 Call it an occupational hazard, but there’s a danger when reviewing a work you love deeply of setting the bar impossibly high. Can the soprano singing the leading lady possibly match your favourite interpretation? … Continue reading →

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Lacking a sense of abandon: Cranko’s Onegin at Staatsballett Berlin

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Tchaikovsky: Onegin *** Staatsballett Berlin, Schiller Theater, 8th October 2015 “Happiness was once so near us.” That line from Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin  should be crushing, the tender moment when Onegin and Tatyana realise what could have been. That final … Continue reading →

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“Happiness was once so near us”: Onegin – the ballet

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Mark Pullinger

Outside the Verdi canon, my favourite opera is undoubtedly Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. I reviewed many productions of it for Opera Britannia: in the opera house, from the cinema and on DVD. Tchaikovsky ‘lyric scenes’ capture the essence of Pushkin’s verse … Continue reading →

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