Eugene Onegin composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer himself, very closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's 1825-1832 novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry.
Tchaikovsky's friend Konstantin Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky himself arranged the text for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1.
Summary:
The story of a Byronic youth who wastes his life, allows the girl who loves him to marry another, and lets himself be drawn into a duel in which he kills his best friend.
Eugene Onegin is a well-known example of lyric opera, to which Tchaikovsky added music of a dramatic nature. The story concerns a selfish hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman's love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend.
The opera was first performed in Moscow in 1879. There are several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed. The work's title refers to the protagonist.
Alexander Pushkin:
Alexander Sergeyevhic Pushkin (1799 - 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.
He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poetand the founder of modern Russian literature.
Pushkin was born into the Russian nobility in Moscow.
His father, Sergey Lvovich Pushkin, belonged to an old noble family. His maternal great-grandfather was Major-General Abram Petrovich Gannibal, a nobleman of African origin who was kidnapped from his homeland by Ottomans. He was freed by the Russian Emperor and raised in the Emperor's court household as his godson.
Tchaikovsky:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music would make a lasting impression internationally.
Tchaikovsky wrote some of the most popular concert and theatrical music in the current classical repertoire, including the ballets Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto, the Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasy, several symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin.
The Opera:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Luisi, Music Director
ETIENNE DUPUIS baritone (Eugene Onegin)
NICOLE CAR soprano (Tatyana)
PAVOL BRESLIK tenor (Lensky)
BRINDLEY SHERRATT bass (Prince Gremin)
MELODY WILSON mezzo-soprano (Olga)
ALEXIS GALIDO mezzo-soprano (Larina)
CLAUDIA CHAPA mezzo-soprano (Filipyevna)
KEITH JAMESON tenor (Triquet)
ALLEN MICHAEL JONES bass (Zaretsky)
WILL HUGHES bass-baritone (A Captain)
DANIEL NORWOOD tenor (Peasant)
DALLAS SYMPHONY CHORUS
JOSHUA HABERMANN Chorus Director (Jean D. Wilson Chair)
MAURICE COHN Assistant Conductor (Marena & Roger Gault Chair)
CAYLEY CARROLL assistant to stage director
YULIA LEVIN repetiteur & rehearsal pianist
JESSICA DRAYTON lighting designer
PEGASUS CONTEMPORARY BALLET
DIANA CROWDER dance director
KIERA MAYS dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
COURTLYN HANSON dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
CARRIE RUTH TRUMBO dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
KYRA MCGUIRK dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
ADAM WALLMAN dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
ROBERTO REYNA dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
ADAM KULLMAN dancer (No Dancin' but Fishin')
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Executive Producers
Kim Noltemy, Ross Perot President & CEO
Denise McGovern, Vice President of Communications and Media
Producer
Katie McGuinness, Wildenthal Families Vice President of Artistic Operations
Stage Direction
Alberto Triola
Video Director
Andrew Alden
Concert Audio Engineer
George Gilliam
Video Audio Engineer
Jennifer Nulsen
Video Editor
Teresa Alden
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