ONEGIN
Written by Alexander Pushkin
Red Torch Theatre, Novosibirsk
Timofey Kulyabin's Golden Mask Award winning Onegin removes all expectations of Pushkin's novel in verse and places you not in some historical epoch, but in today's world, immersed in the inner thoughts, hopes, despairs, passions and disappointments that drift in, through and around the 4 central figures, Onegin, Tatiana, Olga and Lensky. There are no grand balls, no fans, no lorgnettes, no "Encyclopedia of Russian life". Just a quiet love story that perfectly conveys the attitude of the great poet and how very much his masterwork still resonates with our 21st century reality.
Winner 2 Golden Mask Awards
"Every gesture, stare or word is infused with Pushkin's mercilessness and tenderness" – Russian Sibnet
"Director Timofey Kulyabin is one of the most interesting directors of his generation and a virtuoso pro" – St Petersburg Theatre Journal
Photos: Viktor Dmitriev, Frol Podlesny, Igor Ignatov
Language: Russian
Translation: English subtitles
Running time: 2 hours 26 minutes
About the Director: Timofey Kulyabin is one of the most prominent young directors in Russia today. At 35, he has already staged nearly two dozen productions across the Russian Federation as well as internationally in France, Austria, Romania, Germany, and Switzerland. In 2016, he was commissioned by Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre to stage Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale and in 2019 he will offer up a new staging there of Dvořák's opera Rusalka. Kulyabin's production of Anton Chekhov's Ivanov was presented in New York City this past June to great acclaim.
Creative Team
Director – Timofey Kulyabin
Set Design – Oleg Golovko
Choreographer – Artur Oschepkov
Lighting Designer – Denis Solntsev
Assistant director – Natalya Yarushkina
Cast
Onegin – Pavel Polyakov
Lensky – Sergey Bogomolov
Olga – Valeriya Kruchinina
Tatyana – Daria Emelyanova
Zaretsky – Georgy Bolonev
Nanny – Elena Zhdanova
Tatyana's husband – Konstantin Kolesnik
and Irina Krivonos, Linda Akhmetzyanova, Daniil Lyapustin
Press
“Art doesn't exist to be liked”, an interview with Russian Stage Director, Timofey Kulyabin, The Theatre Times
Parallel Pushkin, Kommersant (Russian language)
Onegin Screening in London, MIR (Russian language)