Film

Eugene Onegin

2026 · 3h 20m · Music · Drama

“Eugene Onegin tells a love story that doesn’t work”. This is how Ralph Fiennes sums up the plot of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s opera, inspired by Pushkin’s work. A jaded young dandy, Onegin sets shy Tatiana on fire at first sight. Overcoming her reticence, she writes him a passionate love letter. Alas, he brutally refuses, giving her a lecture on morality. However, years later, after a duel, he falls in love with the young woman who is now Prince Gremin’s wife. Will she yield to his advances? Fascinated by Russian culture and attuned to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s music, Ralph Fiennes is directing his first opera. If he chooses to use pictorial simplicity to evoke the Russian countryside or a ballroom, it is all the better to emphasise the emotions of the characters, as complex as they are modern.

Boris Pinkhasovich

Eugene Onegin

Ruzan Mantashyan

Tatiana

Bogdan Volkov

Lensky

Marvic Monreal

Olga

Alexander Tsymbalyuk

Prince Gremin

• Ralph FiennesDirector

RALPH FIENNES about EUGÈNE ONÉGUINE (interview)EUGÈNE ONÉGUINE by Piotr Ilyitch Tchaïkovski (teaser)

Release date

February 9, 2026

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

3h 20m

Genres

Music, Drama