Sunday, February 3, 2013

Sunday Brunch – Keenlyside & Breslik are Onegin & Lensky

Pavol and Simon
rehearsing at the ROH.
Simon Keenlyside is Onegin, and Pavol Breslik is Lensky. They will be performing together at the ROH this month, but it's not the first time they've sung Eugene Onegin together.  The clip below [removed per request of the Bayerische Staatsoper, but I'm sure it will turn up again somewhere!] is from their performance in Munich. The director had an interesting (and not unconvincing) take on the relationship between these two friends. Sadly, the production was rather unattractive. And if you're going to have cowboys two-stepping to the Polonaise, at least find cowboys who know how to two-step. But that's in a different clip.

I've a feeling their ROH friendship will be much more platonic! 


Meanwhile, here is the official ROH trailer:

See an ROH rehearsal clip here and find out more about the new production and the upcoming broadcast at the ROH website.

Also, see a clip of PB singing Kuda kuda in Vienna
Post updated 02/12/2013

3 comments:

  1. Also, Kasper Holten talking about the production over here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzrqv

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    1. Yes, Thanks for that extra link!

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    2. More Onegin from ROH:

      An article about the novel and the opera:
      http://www.roh.org.uk/news/exploring-the-origins-of-eugene-onegin-and-onegin

      Some "sneak peak" photos from ROH:
      https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151402165357579.512977.6597757578&type=1

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