Eugene Onegin

Ballet on television is a very rare event: a studio production of a ballet is even rarer. But on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June 1966, Crew 16 worked in TC1 on a new ballet – a Margaret Dale/Peter Wright production.

The music had been pre-recorded at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios on Monday 9th May – arranged by Kurt Heinz Stolze and conducted by John Lanchbery.

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Please note that the script had originally been produced in foolscap format: the scan has been done on an A4 scanner and so there may be some elements missing. Click on the image below to display the camera script.

Eugene Onegin Camera Script

A new ballet choreographed by John Cranko, based on the poem “Eugene Onegin” by Alexander Pushkin, and set to various pieces of music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky. (This was NOT based on the opera “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky, but was a new ballet which used various pieces by Tchaikovsky in a new arrangement.) Director: Peter Wright   Recording Date: 4th June 1966 5th June 1966

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