Eugene Onegin: Met Live Opera

The Alice Gill-Sheldon and Mary D. Fisher Theatres are honored to be the home for the Met Live Opera programs for the 2025-2026 season, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival.

The season continues with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin” live via simulcast on Saturday, May 2 at 10 a.m. (in the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre) and the encore presentation on Wednesday, May 6 at 2 p.m. (in the Mary D. Fisher Theatre). There is no pre-opera talk for this opera.

Following her acclaimed 2024 company debut in Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly”, soprano Asmik Grigorian returns to the Met as Tatiana, the lovestruck young heroine in this ardent operatic adaptation of Pushkin. Baritone Iurii Samoilov reprises his portrayal of the urbane Onegin, who realizes his affection for her all too late. The Met’s evocative production, directed by Tony Award–winner Deborah Warner, “offers a beautifully detailed reading of … Tchaikovsky’s lyrical romance” (The Telegraph).

ACT I
Autumn in the country. The widowed Madame Larina has two daughters: The romantic Tatiana spends her time reading novels; the spirited Olga is being courted by their neighbor, the poet Lenski. When he visits with his friend, the aristocrat Eugene Onegin, Tatiana falls in love with Onegin and writes him a passionate letter. In response, Onegin declares he can offer only friendship and condescendingly advises her to control her emotions, lest another man take advantage of her innocence.

ACT II
January. Onegin has reluctantly accompanied Lenski to Tatiana’s name day celebration. Bored by the occasion, he takes his revenge by flirting with Olga. Lenski’s jealousy is aroused to such a degree that he challenges Onegin to a duel. Both men are full of remorse, but neither stops the duel, and Onegin kills Lenski.

ACT III
St. Petersburg, several years later. After traveling abroad, Onegin has returned to the capital. At a ball, Prince Gremin introduces his young wife. Onegin is astonished to recognize her as Tatiana and realizes that he now loves her. He sends her a letter begging her to run away with him. Tatiana admits that she still loves him but that she has made her decision and will not leave her husband, leaving Onegin desperate.

The 2025-2026 Met Live Opera season in Sedona is generously sponsored by Chris Fladlien.

The Met Live Opera’s “Eugene Onegin” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre on Saturday, May 2 at 10 a.m. (live simulcast) with an encore on Wednesday, May 6 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $25 general admission, $22 for Film Festival members, and $15 for students. Tickets are available in advance at the Sedona International Film Festival office or by calling 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona.