JOHN CRANKO’S ONEGIN Music by PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY arranged and orchestrated by KURT-HEINZ STOLZE Choreography by JOHN CRANKO Set & Costume Design by JÜRGEN ROSE FRIEDEMANN VOGEL ALICIA AMATRIAIN DAVID MOORE ELISA BADENES JASON REILLY MARCIA HAYDÉE MELINDA WITHAM “ONEGIN IS THE PERFECT BALLET” – Marcia Haydée – JOHN CRANKO’S John Cranko’s Onegin holds a special place in the choreographic repertoire of the second half of the 20th century as one of the few original full-length ballets. Based on Alexander Pushkin’s dramatic verse novel Eugen Onegin, ONEGIN the ballet tells the story of the arrogant and world weary aristocrat Onegin based on the novel by Alexander Pushkin who rejects the love of the naive country girl Tatiana only to realize – upon Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky meeting her again years later – that in her he threw away the only woman arranged and orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze who ever truly loved him and who was ever worth loving. Tatiana, by now matured and married to Prince Gremin, must battle with her emotions when Onegin seeks her out to confess his love. In one of the most heart Choreography John Cranko wrenching scenes in all of classical ballet, Tatiana rejects Onegin although Ballett Company Stuttgart Ballet she secretly still loves him. Set and Costume Design Jürgen Rose Conductor James Tuggle John Cranko’s absolute mastery of the art of the pas de deux finds its climax in Onegin, where each of the three main encounters between Onegin and Orchestra State Orchestra Stuttgart Tatiana is so skillfully crafted and so superbly nuanced that by the final scene, the audience finds itself hopelessly caught up in the protagonists’ emotional Onegin Friedemann Vogel turmoil. Set to sweeping music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (orchestrated by Tatiana Alicia Amatriain Kurt-Heinz Stolze), and with sets and costumes evoking 19th century Russia Lensky David Moore by Jürgen Rose, Onegin is a must for lovers of dramatic, full length ballets. Olga Elisa Badenes With Onegin, John Cranko secured his place in the pantheon of great 20th Prince Gremin Jason Reilly century choreographers. He created the three act work for the Stuttgart Madame Larina Melinda Witham Ballet – of which he was Director – in 1965 and revised the ballet two Tatiana and Olga’s Nurse Marcia Haydée years later. Over the last 50 years, the ballet has entered the repertoire of almost every leading ballet company in the world, including the Paris Opera Ballet, the Royal Ballet in London, the Bolshoi Ballet, the Ballet of Video Director Michael Beyer the Teatro alla Scala, American Ballet Theatre, the National Ballet of China and the Universal Ballet in Seoul. Friedemann Vogel and Alicia Amatriain – the leading couple of the Stuttgart Ballet who have been showered with international prizes and accolades – demonstrate here why they are deemed the elite of the dance world: As Onegin and Tatiana they masterfully portray the development of their Length: 96' individual characters from cold and arrogant to desperately passionate, Cat. no. A 050 50527 from youthful and naive to the heart-rending, mature awareness of a love A production of UNITEL in co-production with SWR/ARTE, which can never be. Vogel is “the most elegant, most elegiac Onegin of all times” (Südwest Presse). They meet their matches in David Moore and NHK and Stuttgart Ballet Elisa Badenes who give an outstanding performance as Lensky and Olga. Jason Reilly impresses as majestic Prince Gremin, but it is Marcia Haydee who creates the night’s special magic: Once Cranko chose her to be the very first Tatiana, now she guest stars as nurse; the close bonds between STUTTGART BALLET TALKS Haydee and the ensemble are palpable throughout and it is a truly touching A conversation with Jürgen Rose, Marcia Haydée moment when the original Tatiana meets the current one. On the rostrum and Reid Anderson on the occasion of is the music director of the Stuttgart Ballet himself, James Tuggle. “And Jürgen Rose’s 80th birthday. in the pit: boundless joy!” (Südwest Presse) “Onegin is so good, that it can easily hold its own against any Broadway show!” (Newsday) Moderated by Vivien Arnold Length: 102' / Cat. no.: A 055 50728 World Sales: All rights reserved · credits not contractual · Different territories · Photos: © Stuttgart Ballet · Flyer: luebbeke.com Tel. +49.30.30306464 [email protected] Unitel GmbH & Co. KG, Germany · Tel. +49.89.673469-630 · [email protected] www.unitel.de.