British actor Ralph Fiennes to direct his first opera

Alexander Pushkin wrote Eugene Onegin in the mid-19th century and it has undergone numerous revivals since then. The latest will be directed by actor Ralph Fiennes, who played the famous character in a film years ago.

Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut

Actor Ralph Fiennes will make his opera directing debut in Paris next season with Tchaikovsky’s “Eugene Onegin.”

British actor Ralph Fiennes to direct his first opera

Having lit up screens in the Oscar-nominated papal drama Conclave, British actor Ralph Fiennes is set to make his debut as an opera director in France, the Paris National Opera announced Wednesday.The 62-year-old, who has directed several films including a 2018 biopic about the dance legend Rudolf Nureyev, is set to stage Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s Eugene...

The actor will stage "Eugène Oneguine", a character whom he himself incarnated in cinema in 1999.

On the programme: two strands of the Ring, an opera by Philip Glass, and a staging of the British actor Ralph Fiennes. But also challenges, between budgetary constraints, sometimes tense social climate and great work to come.

A small surprise announced by Alexandre Neef, the director general of the Paris Opera: the actor Ralph Fiennes, star of the multi-award-winning film Conclave, will direct Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky.