Eugene Onegin
opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Premiere: 16 May 2026
Main Stage

P. I. Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin

Lyric scenes in 3 acts (7 scenes)
Libretto: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Konstantin Shilovsky, based on the eponymous verse novel by Alexander Pushkin
First performance – at the Maly Theatre in Moscow on 29 March 1879

Conductor: Dmitri Jurowski
Director: Mario Pavle del Monaco
Set Designer: Miraš Vuksanović
Costume Designer: Katarina Grčić Nikolić
Choreographer: Tamara Antonijević Spasić
Assistant Director: Miloš Đurović
Assistant Costume Designer: Maša Ikodinović
Producer: Marija Kovačević

Premiere Cast:
Tatyana – Marina Shakhdinarova
Onegin – Milan Obradović
Olga – Anđela Simić*
Lensky – Leo Lans
Larina – Teodora Ilić*
Filipyevna – Tatjana Mitić
Gremin – Ivan Tomašev
Triquet – Darko Đorđević
Rotny – Miloš Gašić
Zaretsky – Ilia Markov*
Solo tenor – Ranko Jović
Ballet soloists – Milica Jević Drndarević, Miloš Živanović

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*Members of the “Borislav Popović” Opera Studio 
Featuring the Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the National Theatre in Belgrade
Concertmaster: Dušan Panajotović
Choir Master: Jelena Miljević

Music Associates: Gleb Gorbunov, Srđan Jaraković, Nevena Živković, Aleksandar Brujić
Stage Manager: Ana Milićević
Prompter: Kristina Jocić Aleksić
Choreography of ballet solo parts: Milica Jević Drndarević and Miloš Živanović
Subtitles: Ilia Frolov*

Opera Producers: Milica Milenković, Dragana Ivković
Lighting Designer: Milan Kolarević
Stage Make-up Artist: Marko Dukić
Stage Technicians: Nevenko Radanović and Emil Ahmetović
Sound Engineer: Nebojša Kostić
Set Sculpture Artist: Petar Sibinović

Costumes and set elements made in the workshops of the National Theatre in Belgrade

Running time: 3 hours and 45 minutes