Production Fact Sheets

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• Eugene Onegin is based on the novel of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.

• The opera was first performed March 17, 1879 by a group of students at the Moscow Conservatory.

• This is a new set, designed by Arizona Opera.

• The orchestra for Eugene Onegin is comprised of 10 1st violins, 8 2nd violins, 6 violas, 4 violincellos, and 2 basses, 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, a timpani and a harp.

• All told, over 64 people make up the cast of Eugene Onegin .