Eugene Onegin

Please note that tickets will be available to purchase online until Saturday 4 March. It will still be possible to buy tickets on the door on the day.

An exciting concert performance of Eugene Onegin by the Opera North Youth Chorus and Youth Orchestra who are joining forces for the first time ever to perform alongside professional soloists and the Chorus of Opera North.

Tchaikovsky is one of the most endearing Russian composers. Eugene Onegin, composed in 1879 and based on the writings of Pushkin, is his fourth opera. A timeless story of innocence and experience, it explores a range of human emotions, between love, indifference and hatred.

When Onegin arrives at her family’s country house, teenager Tatyana is impressed by his air of sophistication. Impulsively, she writes him a love letter, triggering a life-changing series of events. Years later, they meet again in St Petersburg and roles somehow reverse…

Opening the programme, brass and percussion perform Britten’s imposing Russian Funeral, conducted by Opera North’s Female Conductor Trainee Josephine Korda.