Lakeside Little Theatre (LLT) hosts the next performance of its Met Live opera season, Tchaikovsky’s lyrical “Eugene Onegin,” Monday, May 18, 4 p.m.
“Eugene Onegin“ chronicles a selfish hero who lives to regret his casual rejection of a young woman’s love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend. Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine.
The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “... offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance.” (The Telegraph).
Opera critic Steve Cohen praised Met Live’s filmed version on operacritic.com: “The big advantage of HD at the movies is that you see every facial nuance. In addition, English titles are on screen, so you don’t have to lower your gaze to refresh your memory of exactly what the Russian words mean. Another attraction of the screened presentation is the backstage interviews between acts, and the close-ups of conductor Valery Gergiev and his first-chair orchestral players.”
Filmed live at New York’s acclaimed Metropolitan Opera, “Eugene Onegin” will be projected in LLT’s main McIntosh auditorium. Tickets, 350 pesos, are available at lakesidelittletheatre.com and before the shows at the box office.