Young Australian soprano is called up by Royal Opera House to reprise her Onegin triumph.

It has been announced that Australian soprano Nicole Car will reprise the role of Tatyana in Kasper Holten’s insightful production of Eugene Onegin at London’s Royal Opera House next year. Car played the role in the production for Opera Australia in Sydney and Melbourne in 2014 to great acclaim but this will be her Covent Garden debut. She is also lined up to sing Micaela in Carmen.

Reviewing her “stand out” performance the Sydney production of Onegin, Limelight noted: “Nicole Car’s Tatyana is simple, thoughtful, passionate and bookish all at once. She never overplays her hand, yet convinces throughout as she runs the emotional gamut. Her vocal performance is remarkable. Her rich, clean soprano is evenly produced across the full range, never losing power at the bottom, never forcing at the top, and crucially connected at all times to the character… The letter scene is at the heart of Holten’s production (as it should be) and here Car is magnificent.”

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