In Onegin, Dmitri Volkostrelov returns to one of the main themes in his work - the lost cultural and historical ties with pre-revolutionary Russia. The stage design consists of natural seven-metre high birch trees, which throughout the entire performance soar upwards until the stage becomes completely empty in the finale. Trees directly connect us with the past, birch trees can live up to 120-150 years, that is, those trees that knew Pushkin and Tchaikovsky are still alive, but there are very few of them left. And that is why it is increasingly difficult to feel our links with the historical past.