Opera Columbus, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, and CAPA presented Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” at the Ohio Theatre on March 1 and 2, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. The production marked the opera’s first staging in Columbus.

The cast was led by Lydia Grindatto as Tatyana and Morgan Smith as Eugene Onegin, with Dane Suarez as Vladimir Lensky and Hilary Ginther as Olga Larina. Rosetta Cucchi, the artistic director of Ireland’s Wexford Opera Festival, directed the production. Columbus Symphony Music Director Rossen Milanov conducted.

The opera, based on Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel, was sung in Russian with English supertitles. Performances ran approximately two hours with a 30-minute intermission. Ticket prices ranged from $10 to $108.

Source: Opera Columbus