Onegin (Cranko)
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Onegin is a ballet created by John Cranko for the Stuttgart Ballet, premiered on 13 April 1965 at Staatstheater Stuttgart. The ballet was based on Alexander Pushkin's 1825-1832 novel Eugene Onegin, to music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and arrangements by Kurt-Heinz Stolze. The ballet had since been in the repertoires of The Australian Ballet, National Ballet of Canada, American Ballet Theatre and The Royal Ballet.[2][1][3]
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Choreographer | John Cranko |
Music | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky arrangements by Kurt-Heinz Stolze |
Based on | Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin |
Premiere | 13 April 1965[1] Staatstheater Stuttgart |
Original ballet company | Stuttgart Ballet |
Setting | 19th-century Russia |
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