JohnCrankosmasteryoftheartofthepasdedeuxfindsitsclimaxinOnegin,oneofthemostsuccessfulfulllengthballetsofthe20thcentury.SettosweepingmusicbyTchaikovsky,ittellsAlexanderPushkinstragiclovestoryoftheworld-wearyaristocratOneginandthenaïvecountrygirlTatianainasuperblynuancedway.FeaturingworldstarsFriedemannVogelandAliciaAmatriain,thisproductionisamustforallloversofdramatic,romanticballets.WithOnegin,JohnCrankosecuredhisplaceinthepantheonofgreat20thcenturychoreographers.HecreatedthethreeactworkfortheStuttgartBallet-ofwhichhewasDirector-in1965andrevisedtheballettwoyearslater.Overthelast50years,theballethasenteredtherepertoireofalmosteveryleadingballetcompanyintheworld,includingtheParisOperaBallet,theRoyalBalletinLondon,theBolshoiBallet,theBalletoftheTeatroallaScalaandtheAmericanBalletTheatre.