A ballet by JOHN CRANKO Music by TCHAIKOVSKY
Arranged and orchestrated by KURTHEINZ STOLZE Danced by the National Ballet of Canada with and 'Dazzling decor', and Sabina Alleman 'a blazing new young talent' wrote the NEW YORK TIMES about this
Canadian production of the ballet originally created by the late John Cranko for the Stuttgart Ballet and also seen in Britain in a London
Festival Ballet production.
Based on the famous PUSHKIN verse novel Eugene Onegin , it's the story of young Tatiana's hopeless infatuation with aloof and enigmatic Eugene Onegin and its tragic consequences: a duel, a death, and events years later when the couple meet again.
Orchestra of the National Ballet of Canada
Conductor Ermanno Florio Scenery and costumes JURGEN ROSE Staged by REID ANDERSEN Lighting SHOLEM DOLGOY Co-produced by PRMEDIA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED and the CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION in association with RM ARTS Directed for television by NORMAN CAMPBELL