FRYEBURG — The Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center will start the 2013-14 Metropolitan Opera Live in HD season with” Eugene Onegin” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5.

Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Deborah Warner’s new production, set in the late-19th century, moves episodically from farmhouse to ballroom, with a powerful snowstorm providing the dramatic setting for the finale. Piotr Beczala is Lenski, Onegin’s friend turned rival. Russian maestro Valery Gergiev conducts. Approximate run time: 3 hours, 45 minutes.

Tickets are $23 for seniors, $26 for adults, and $18 for students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.fryeburgacademy.org/pac or by calling 207-935-9232. The Center is at 18 Bradley Street on the campus of Fryeburg Academy. Parking is free.


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