Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin

Bolshoi troupe triumphs at Paris Opera’s 2008 season opening with Eugene Onegin under the talented direction of Dmitri Tcherniakov.

Three romantic heroes each with a solitary destiny: Tatiana, a Romanesque young woman seeking absolution, Onegin, a distant dandy hiding emptiness under affected haughtiness, and Lenski, abandoned by his literary idol. Between these three, barren affections presage the inexorable social ruin.

All the resources of the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow are brought to bear to ensure this opera performance is exceptional evening of theatre and song: a vocal line-up of the highest order with notably the baritone Mariusz Kwiecien and the Bolshoi Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Alexander Vedernikov.

With a stage setting as sombre as it is effective – a great dining table appears in the middle of a salon – the director Dmitri Tcherniakov separates two different worlds and lends the drama a clarity rarely reached.

The exceptional quality of this production, and the great success encountered by its first edition on DVD, inevitably led to the remastering in high-definition of this program to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its original release. It is now and for the first time also available on Blu-ray.

Tchaikovsky : Eugene Onegin [DVD & Blu-ray]

Lyrical scene in three acts

Music : Piotr Illitch Tchaïkovski (1840-1893)

Libretto : P. I. Tchaïkovski & K. S. Shilovsky
After the poem by Alexandre Pouchkine

Eugene Onegin Mariusz Kwiecien
Madame Larina Makvala Kasrashvili
Tatiana Tatiana Monogarova
Olga Margarita Mamsirova
The nurse Emma Sarkisyan
Lenski Andrey Dunaev
Prince Gremin Anatolij Kotscherga
Zaretski Valery Gilmanov

Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater

Conducted by Alexander Vedernikov

Stage direction : Dmitri Tcherniakov

Costumes : Maria Danilova
Lighting design : Gleb Filshtinsky
Chorus master : Valery Borisov