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Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

From the New York Metropolitan Opera: James Gaffigan conducts Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, starring Igor Golovatenko in the title role with Ailyn Pérez and Piotr Beczała

From the New York Metropolitan Opera: James Gaffigan conducts Tchaikovsky's masterpiece, starring Igor Golovatenko in the title role with Ailyn Pérez and Piotr Beczała. At the heart of Pushkin's story is Tatiana, who as a teenager falls for the urbane but cynical nobleman Eugene Onegin. When he cruelly rejects her, Tatiana builds her own life and marries a Prince - and when Onegin meets her again as a strong, mature woman, and realises his mistake, it's too late for both of them.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder with commentator Ira Siff.

Tatiana ..... Ailyn Pérez (soprano)
Eugene Onegin ..... Igor Golovatenko (baritone)
Olga, Tatiana's sister ..... Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano)
Lensky, her lover ..... Piotr Beczała (tenor)
Prince Gremin ..... Ain Anger (bass)
Larina, Tatiana's mother ..... Elena Zaremba (mezzo-soprano)
Filippyevna, nanny ..... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano)
Triquet ..... Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Zaretsky ..... Richard Bernstein (bass)
Offstage voice ..... Marco Antonio Jordão (tenor)
Captain ..... Vladyslav Buialskyi (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor James Gaffigan

Read the full synopsis at the Met Opera website: https://bit.ly/3wLRxrm

Image: © Marty Sohl / Met Opera

3 hours, 29 minutes

Last on

Sat 2 Apr 2022 18:30

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C minor, BWV 999 (keyboard version)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Apr 2022 18:30