Afternoon on 3 - Thursday Opera Matinee - Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Louise Fryer presents Tchaikovsky's great opera Eugene Onegin recorded at the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role. Plus Schumann from the 2009 Lucerne Festival. Larina...... Aura Twarowska (mezzo-soprano) Tatyana...... Tamar Iveri (soprano) Olga...... Nadia Krasteva (contralto) Filipyevna......Margarita Hintermeier (mezzo-soprano) Eugene Onegin......Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Lensky......Ramón Vargas (tenor) Prince Gremin......Ain Anger (bass) A Company Commander......Hans Peter Kammerer (bass) Triquet......Alexander Kaimbacher (tenor) Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra Seiji Ozawa, conductor 4.50pm Schumann: Phantasiestücke, op. 73 Jörg Widmann, clarinet Yefim Bronfman, piano