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, Kasper Holten talking about the production over here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzrqv
ReplyDeleteYes, Thanks for that extra link!
DeleteMore Onegin from ROH:
DeleteAn 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