In Cinemas 5/2/2026

MET Opera: Eugene Onegin

MET Opera: Eugene Onegin

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Genre

Opera

Run time

4h 5min

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Libretto by the composer and Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide on May 2. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Conductor: Timur Zangiev*

Production: Deborah Warner

Set Designer: Tom Pye

Costume Designer: Chloe Obolensky

Tatiana: Asmik Grigorian

Olga: Maria Barakova

Filippyevna: Stephanie Blythe

Lenski: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Eugene Onegin: Igor Golovatenko

Prince Gremin: Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Genre

Opera

Run time

4h 5min

Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Libretto by the composer and Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin, which will be transmitted live from the Metropolitan Opera stage to cinemas worldwide on May 2. Baritone Igor Golovatenko reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

Conductor: Timur Zangiev*

Production: Deborah Warner

Set Designer: Tom Pye

Costume Designer: Chloe Obolensky

Tatiana: Asmik Grigorian

Olga: Maria Barakova

Filippyevna: Stephanie Blythe

Lenski: Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Eugene Onegin: Igor Golovatenko

Prince Gremin: Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Info

Rating

For all audiences

Production year

2026

Global distributor

The Metropolitan Opera

Local distributor

The Metropolitan Opera

In Cinemas

5/2/2026