Intensely passionate drama set to some of opera’s most sweeping, soulful, and heart-stoppingly beautiful music—that is Eugene Onegin. Tatiana is a lovesick country girl, and Onegin is the sophisticated young man who callously spurns her love before realizing, too late, what a mistake he’s made.
Here is Pushkin’s profoundly human, hopelessly romantic, ultimately devastating story, elevated by Tchaikovsky’s richly layered and unabashedly expressive music. Find out why Eugene Onegin is beloved by opera audiences the world over on Saturday, July 8th at 1 pm on WRTI!
The Lyric Opera of Chicago radio broadcasts continue on WRTI every Saturday at 1 pm until July 22nd. See the full schedule for Opera on WRTI here.
Lyric Opera of Chicago, under the leadership of Music Director Sir Andrew Davis, and Creative Consultant Renée Fleming, is dedicated to producing and performing consistently thrilling, entertaining, and thought-provoking opera with a balanced repertoire of core classics, lesser-known masterpieces, and new works; to creating an innovative and wide-ranging program of community engagement and educational activities; and to developing exceptional emerging operatic talent.