San Francisco Ballet’s choreographer-in-residence Yuri Possokhov has created a free-spirited, crowd-pleasing “Eugene Onegin.” Set to a dramatic yet always lovely score by Possokhov’s Russian compatriot Ilya Demutsky, the new production, which debuted Friday night at the War Memorial Opera House, appealingly retells Alexander Pushkin’s classic 19th century novel-in-verse. Here, the love-rectangle with the titular anti-hero unfolds in four acts, with each representing a season. Bolstered by well-appointed, well-balanced production values that don’t overtake the movement […]