Eugene Onegin
Casting
Friday, January 23, 2026 AT 8:00 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Yuri Possokhov
MUSIC
Ilya Demutsky
LIBRETTO
Valeriy Pecheykin
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY
Alexander Pushkin
Scenic Designer: Tom Pye
Costume Designer: Tim Yip
Lighting Designer: Jim French
Projection Designer: Finn Ross
Assistants to the Choreographer: Frances Chung and Adam Blyde
Drama Coach: Javier Galitó-Cava
Project Management: Donna Bachman
World Premiere: January 23, 2026–San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
This production of Eugene Onegin is a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet.
Music: Original composition commissioned by San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet. Libretto based on Eugene Onegin; A Novel in Verse, by Alexander Pushkin, a new translation by James E. Falen, Oxford World’s Classics. Additional text source Winter Evening, by Alexander Pushkin, translated by Walter Arndt. Assistant Lighting Designer: Erin Earle Fleming. Property Supervisor: Lily Mollgaard. Fight Director: Martino Pistone. Scenic construction and painting by Bay Productions Limited. Additional scenic construction and painting by San Francisco Ballet Scene Shop. Costumes constructed by The Joffrey Ballet Costume Shop.
Eugene Onegin
Casting & Credits
Friday, January 23 AT 8:00 pm
CHOREOGRAPHER
Yuri Possokhov
MUSIC
Ilya Demutsky
LIBRETTO
Valeriy Pecheykin
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY
Alexander Pushkin
Scenic Designer: Tom Pye
Costume Designer: Tim Yip
Lighting Designer: Jim French
Projection Designer: Finn Ross
Assistants to the Choreographer: Frances Chung and Adam Blyde
Drama Coach: Javier Galitó-Cava
Project Management: Donna Bachman
World Premiere: January 23, 2026–San Francisco Ballet, War Memorial Opera House; San Francisco, California
This production of Eugene Onegin is a co-production of San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet.
Music: Original composition commissioned by San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet. Libretto based on Eugene Onegin; A Novel in Verse, by Alexander Pushkin, a new translation by James E. Falen, Oxford World’s Classics. Additional text source Winter Evening, by Alexander Pushkin, translated by Walter Arndt. Assistant Lighting Designer: Erin Earle Fleming. Property Supervisor: Lily Mollgaard. Fight Director: Martino Pistone. Scenic construction and painting by Bay Productions Limited. Additional scenic construction and painting by San Francisco Ballet Scene Shop. Costumes constructed by The Joffrey Ballet Costume Shop.
CONDUCTOR: Martin West
*Eugene Onegin: Joseph Walsh
*Tatiana Larina: Katherine Barkman
*Vladimir Lensky: Wei Wang
*Olga Larina: Wona Park
Prince Gremin: Harrison James
Praskovya Larina: Joanna Berman
Zaretsky: Andris Kundzins
Filpyevna, the Nanny: Katita Waldo
Narrator: Alex Jennings
ACT I: SPRING
FUNERAL ATTENDEES: Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Andris Kundzins, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Nathaniel Remez, Logan Shaw, Jasper True Stanford, Asher Stephenson, Adrian Zeisel
MAIDS: Anna Chaziroglou, Amelia Soh
LEAD SPRING SPIRIT: Nikisha Fogo
SPRING SPIRITS: Sofia Albers, Gabriela Gonzalez, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Rimi Nakano, Leili Rackow, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach
SUMMER SPIRITS: Luca Ferrò, Lleyton Ho, Lucas López, Ángel García Molinero, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli, Benjamin Taber, Alexis Francisco Valdes
ACT II: SUMMER
TATIANA’S FRIENDS: Anna Chaziroglou, Aaliyahmarie Key, Elizabeth Mateer
NIGHTMARE CREATURES: Rebecca Blenkinsop, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Nathaniel Remez, Anatalia St. Clair, Adrian Zeisel
GUESTS OF THE BALL: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jacey Gailliard, Jakub Groot, Elizabeth Mateer, Pemberley Ann Olson, Nathaniel Remez, Jasper True Stanford, Tyla Steinbach, Asher Stephenson, Juliana Wilder, Adrian Zeisel
THE BAND: Charlie Carberry, Sawyer Jordan, Donghui Kim, Shun Matsui, Raul Noyola Morales
INTERMISSION
ACT III: AUTUMN
AUTUMN SPIRITS: Jihyun Choi, Fernando Carratalá Coloma, Carmela Mayo, Ángel García Molinero, Sasha Mukhamedov, Joshua Jack Price
OFFICERS: Lucas López, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Benjamin Taber
ACT IV: WINTER
GUESTS OF THE BALL: Sofia Albers, Rebecca Blenkinsop, Rubén Cítores Nieto, Benjamin Davidoff, Jacey Gailliard, Jakub Groot, Katharine Lee, Lucas López, Elizabeth Mateer, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Rimi Nakano, Pemberley Ann Olson, Nathaniel Remez, Jasper True Stanford, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Asher Stephenson, Benjamin Taber, Juliana Wilder, Adrian Zeisel
WINTER SPIRITS: Maya Chandrashekaran, Anna Chaziroglou, Benjamin Davidoff, Jakub Groot, Lleyton Ho, Katharine Lee, SunMin Lee, Lucas López, Justin-Cooper Meeks, Pemberley Ann Olson, Dylan Pierzina, Simone Pompignoli, Leili Rackow, Anatalia St. Clair, Tyla Steinbach, Benjamin Taber, Alexis Francisco Valdes, Juliana Wilder
*Cast changes will be announced to the audience prior to each performance.