Opera in 3 acts
Libretto: Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky [Based: Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin]
First performance: 17. March 1879, Moscow, Malij Tyeatr / 11. Jan. 1881, Moscow, Balsoj Tyeatr (official)
Recorded: Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg
Eugene Onegin - Sergei Leyferkus
Lensky - Yuri Marusin
Tatiana - Tatiana Novikova
Olga - Larissa Dyadkova
Prince Gremin - Nikolai Okhotnikov
Madame Larina - Evgenya Gorokovskaya
Nursemaid - Ludmila Filatova
This production at the Kirov conveys the full beauty of Tchaikovsky's vision. It is a poetically tender work which was confirmed by Tchaikovsky himself in 1878 when he said:
"I played the whole of Eugene Onegin...the author was the sole listener...the listener was moved to tears."
Eugene Onegin is Tchaikovsky's most lyrical operatic work. While composing it, he wrote that he was filled with "indescribable pleasure and enthusiasm." The opera is based on Pushkin's novel in verse and was first produced in Moscow on March 29th, 1879. |
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