The full drama and passion of John Cranko's Onegin is brought to life by the full company of The Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House. Available to owners of
London Theatre Tickets.
At the heart of the story - based on Pushkin's great novel Yyvgeny Onegin - are Tatiana and Onegin himself. While Tatiana grows from provincial young girl to sophisticated St Petersburg aristocrat, Onegin descends from high-handed indifference to overwhelming despair. There is the drama of a duel in which Onegin kills his best friend Lensky, and the tragedy this brings to Lensky's own love Olga, as well as the ultimate irony of double unrequited love - while Onegin at first spurns Tatiana, it is her eventual rejection of him that will bring down the final crushing blow on him.
lavish stage designs and music taken from Tchaikovsky in a specially created musical score bring vividly to life the world of imperial Russia to complete a ballet of colour, drama, passion and beauty.
