Love, friendship and fidelity collide with devastating consequences in this story of passion, pride, a moment’s madness, a duel and a true love lost.
After two consecutive sold-out productions of ‘La Traviata’ in 2022 and ‘Tosca’ in 2023, Northern Ireland Opera returns to the Grand Opera House in September 2024 with Tchaikovsky’s stunning operatic masterpiece, ‘Eugene Onégin’.
Directed by Cameron Menzies, don’t miss your opportunity to see this award-winning national opera company’s new production of one of the most exciting stories ever set to music, by the composer of ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Swan Lake’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty’.
- 2-4-1 tickets for Tuesday 17 September for Friends of NI Opera and Friends of the Grand Opera House (limited number available, max 2 tickets per booker)
- Groups 8+: £2 off per seat (Tuesday 17 and Thursday 19 September)
- Groups 15+: £3 off per seat (Tuesday 17 September and Thursday 19 September)
- £5 tickets available in the Gods for Under 26s (Tuesday 17 September)
- Audio Described performance on Thursday 19 September.
- English surtitles.
- Free Pre-Show Talks with Director Cameron Menzies, 17, and 19 September 6.30-7pm in The Studio
Review Highlights
Plucky Northern Ireland Opera triumphs with elegant, homegrown Tchaikovsky – The Observer
McCabe’s Tatyana is a tour de force, Yuriy Yurchuk an ideal Onegin – The Irish Times
Eugene Onegin is another triumph for Northern Ireland Opera – Seen and Heard International
Press and Media
- Opera Wire – Northern Ireland Opera announces cast for ‘Eugene Onégin’
- Theatre News – Cast Announcement for ‘Eugene Onégin’
- Seen and Heard International interview Yuriy Yurchuk and Cameron Menzies.
- Mary McCabe, our ‘Tatyana’ talks opera, chess, health and fitness with The Irish News.
- ‘Better than any soap opera – why fans of Bridgerton and Downton Abbey will love NI Opera’s ‘Eugene Onégin’ – The Irish News
- ‘We absolutely love Belfast as there are so many things to see’ – Q and A with Yuriy Yurchuk in The Belfast Telegraph
- ‘I’ve been waiting for this moment all my life and have to pinch myself.’ Mary McCabe talks to the Belfast Times
- Planet Hugill talks to Yuriy Yurchuk about returning to Belfast for the third time to perform the role of Eugene Onegin
- Yuriy Yurchuk talks to Jane Hardy at The Belfast Times about returning to Belfast for ‘Eugene Onégin’.
- Norman Reinhardt joins the cast as Lensky – Belfast Times
- Sarah Richmond talks to Opera Wire about taking on the role of Olga
- Dominic Limburg and Mary McCabe talk to Arena, RTE Radio 1 about ‘Eugene Onégin’
- Carolyn Dobbin and Dominic Limburg talk to Sean Rafferty, BBC Radio 3 about ‘Eugene Onegin’
- Mary McCabe and Yuriy Yurchuk talk to Kathy Clugston on ‘The Ticket’ about their roles in Eugene Onégin
The NI Opera Chorus
- Sarah Alcorn, Seamus Brady, Naomi Cantley, India Chapman-Webb, Charlie Clarke-Hughes, James Cooper, Graeme Hacking, Desmond Havlin, Cicely Hé, Rachael Heater, Sarah Hoben, Matthew Jeffrey, Erin Kennedy, Niamh Lavery, Ella Linton, Fiona McIlroy, Paul McQuillan, Carla Murphy, Stephen Rusk, Susan Shepherd, Melanie Topley, Petra Wells, Marcella Walsh, Caroline Woods.
Watch the set being built in the Grand Opera House – designed by Niall McKeever and constructed in Belfast by the Lyric Scene Shop:
Production Photography by Neil Harrison Photography
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