show category: opera

Dear spectators,

According to the decision of National Committee for Emergency Situations, all the performances are allowed only in accordance with the legal regulations in force that is, the following conditions:

• public participation is allowed up to 50% of the performance hall capacity;
• every spectator has to present the official QR Code of their SARS-CoV-2 certificate (digital or on paper), proving that they have been fully vaccinated or tested;
• every spectator has to present the proof that he is between 15 and 180 days after the confirmation of contacting the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Everyone participating the Romanian National Opera in Cluj-Napoca events, has to present their SARS-CoV-2 certificate (digital or on paper) through the official digital certificate approved by the European Union, according to the provisions of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 68/2021 on the adoption of measures for the implementation of the European framework for the issuance verification and acceptance of the digital certificate COVID-19 of the European Union.

Be aware that every official certificate has to be accompanied by an identity document.

All of the above doesn’t apply to children below 12 years old.

Thank you for your understanding!

Opera in three acts on a libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky, inspired by the verse novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Sergheevici Pushkin

Eugene Onegin (1877-1878) is the first of the three operas written by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on texts of Alexander Pushkin, the writer whose work marks the beginning of modern Russian literature and the switch from the Romantic perception of the present to a realistic depiction of topics assumed.

The opera script, written by Tchaikovsky in one single night, emphasizes the characters’ psychological patterns and their evolution during events that occurred in Sankt Petersburg, at the Larins Mansion and around. Tatyana Larina – the type of the simple, shy, melancholic, wise Russian woman – turns from a naive country girl into a high society lady, with a strong moral sense, after her love declaration made to Eugene Onegin – the Romantic character misunderstood by society, reluctant to the mediocrity of the surrounding world – is met with coldness and indifference by the loved one. The killing in a jealousy duel of his best friend – Lenski – affects Onegin deeply. After a long absence and the unsuccessful attempt to cast away regrets for his deed, Eugene gets back to Sankt Petersburg, where he meets again a charming Tatyana, now joined by her current husband – Prince Gremin. Onegin’s heart finally experiences the feeling he had long time ago spurned, but it is too late. His love has no chance of fulfilment, as Tatyana is determined to honour her statute of married woman.

Opera Eugene Onegin was coldly received at first by the public, a fact which Russian critic Serghei Flerov explains by the novelty of the subject, focused upon characters from daily human reality, instead of “lovers” or “rivals” the public was so accustomed with. However, the same critic praised Tchaikovsky’s work as a worthy musical correspondent of Pushkin’s text. We invite you therefore to let yourselves transported in the atmosphere of the 19th century Russian society, where candid or passionate love, vanity, jealousy, remorse, commitment – emotional valencies masterfully rendered in the music of the great symphony maker Tchaikovsky – leave a definitive mark upon the human destiny!

The show has two breaks and ends around 9.00 p.m.
Recommended age: 12+