ArtsEmerson does it again: Imaginative Stylish Production of Eugene Onegin
Photo: Valeriy Myasnikov. L to R in image: Eugeniya Kregzhde, Viktor Dobronravov, Alexei Guskov.
ArtsEmerson brought another exceptional international production to Boston for an all too brief run on June 6 and 7. The company was the ninety-year-old Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre of Moscow, the play, the first dramatic adaptation of Pushkin’s rhyming verse novel, Eugene Onegin. The Vakhtangov maintains a permanent company unlike theatre in the US where such troupes have almost disappeared. An important benefit of this kind of company is the often close-knit ensemble that was certainly a factor in the excellent performances in Eugene Onegin. The most striking example of reciprocal loyalty is the ninety-seven year old actress, Galina Konovalova, who joined the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1938 and plays the Moscow cousin with verve.