2008年12月19日，中央芭蕾舞团上演了著名编导大师约翰·克兰科的芭蕾舞剧《奥涅金》。这是继《罗密欧与朱丽叶》之后，剧团排演克兰科的又一部名作。舞剧根据俄罗斯伟大文学家普希金的诗体小说《叶甫盖尼·奥涅金》改编，是“戏剧芭蕾”的典范。该剧音乐由德国作曲家库特·海因兹-斯托尔兹根据柴可夫斯基钢琴套曲《四季》等作品的音乐重新编曲、配器而成。
On December 19, 2008, the Company premiered John Cranko’s Onegin. This was another vintage piece of Cranko staged by the Company after Romeo and Juliet. This ballet is an adaptation of the novel in verse Eugene Onegin by the Russian poet Pushkin. It was a vintage example of “dramatic ballets”, using Tchaikovsky’s piano suite Four Seasons and some other music in and arrangement by German compose