This beautiful production of 2002 featured Nuccia Focile, her debut with Seattle Opera singing the title role of Tatyana. She leads this cast and story about a young country girl's ambitious love, rejection, and tragic consequences.

Karen Driscoll (Tatyana) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Angie Burke

Alexander Anisimov (Prince Gremin) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Nuccia Focile (Tatyana) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Kurt Streit (Lensky), Helene Schneiderman (Olga), Vladimir Chernov (Eugene Onegin), Nuccia Focile (Tatyana) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Nuccia Focile (Tatyana) and Vladimir Chernov (Eugene Onegin) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Kurt Streit (Lensky) and Helene Schneiderman (Olga) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Vladimir Chernov (Eugene Onegin) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion

Robert Mead (Dancer) and Erica Bailey (Dancer) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Rozarii Lynch

Nuccia Focile (Tatyana) in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, 2002 © Chris Bennion