July 14th or 16th, 2011.

Returning after a 27-year-absence from the Music Hall stage is Tchaikovsky’s wistful 1879 masterpiece Eugene Onegin. Superstar baritone Nathan Gunn, praised by the New York Times for his “musical intelligence, crisp rhythmic delivery…impressive acting skills and daring physicality,” makes both his company and role debut as the poet Onegin. Soprano Tatiana Monogarova portrays his beloved Tatyana, and tenor William Burden, who last impressed Cincinnati audiences as Don José in the company’s wildly successful 2009 production of Carmen, is Lensky. Vasily Petrenko, formerly the resident conductor at Russia’s St. Petersburg Opera and Ballet Theatre, conducts.