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Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

22/04/2017

Live from the Met

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Live from the Met, Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a performance of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin

Live from the Metropolitan Opera in New York, a performance of Tchaikovsky's Pushkin-based Eugene Onegin. With a cast including soprano Anna Netrebko and baritone Peter Mattei.

Tonight's Live from the Met is Tchaikovsky's Pushkin-based Eugene Onegin. When Tatiana is introduced to the sophisticated friend of her sister's fiancée, Eugene Onegin, she falls instantly in love with him. In her girlish naivety, she spends the night writing him a passionate letter, only to be coldly rejected by him. Years later, the happily married Tatiana meets Onegin again. This time their love is mutual, leading to disastrous consequences. Anna Netrebko sings Tatiana, with Peter Mattei as the fateful Onegin. 

Presented by Mary Jo Heath and Ira Siff.

Eugene Onegin ..... Peter Mattei (baritone) 
Tatiana ..... Anna Netrebko (soprano) 
Lenski ..... Alexey Dolgov (tenor) 
Olga ..... Elena Maximova (contralto) 
Prince Gremin ..... Stefan Kocan (bass) 
Madame Larina ..... Elena Zaremba (mezzo-soprano) 
Fippyevna ..... Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano) 
Monsieur Triquet ..... Tony Stevenson (tenor) 
Captain ..... David Crawford (bass) 
Zaretski ..... Richard Bernstein (bass) 
Offstage tenor ..... David Lowe (tenor) 
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus
New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 
Robin Ticciati (conductor).

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