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Afternoon Concert: Thursday Opera Matinee: Episode 1: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Episode 1

Episode 1: Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

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Louise Fryer presents Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin from the Vienna State Opera.

Louise Fryer presents Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin performed at the Vienna State Opera. Plus Lucerne Festivals 2009.

Louise Fryer presents Tchaikovsky's great opera Eugene Onegin recorded at the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and starring Simon Keenlyside in the title role. Plus Schumann from the 2009 Lucerne Festival.

Larina...... Aura Twarowska (mezzo-soprano)
Tatyana...... Tamar Iveri (soprano)
Olga...... Nadia Krasteva (contralto)
Filipyevna......Margarita Hintermeier (mezzo-soprano) 
Eugene Onegin......Simon Keenlyside (baritone) 
Lensky......RamÃ³n Vargas (tenor) 
Prince Gremin......Ain Anger (bass) 
A Company Commander......Hans Peter Kammerer (bass) 
Triquet......Alexander Kaimbacher (tenor) 
Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra 
Seiji Ozawa, conductor

4.50pm
Schumann: PhantasiestÃ¼cke, op. 73
JÃ¶rg Widmann, clarinet 
Yefim Bronfman, piano

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