Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin (2008) [DVD9 NTSC] (1DVD9 1DVD5)

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugen Onegin · Eugene Onegin
Peter Mattei · Anna Samuil · Ekaterina Gubanova
Joseph Kaiser · Ferruccio Furlanetto
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
Wiener Philharmoniker · Daniel Barenboim
Staged by Andrea Breth
Int. Release 01 Jul. 2008
2 DVD-Videos
2 DVD-VIDEO NTSC 0440 073 4434 7 GH 2
STEREO: PCM / SURROUND: DTS 5.0 · Picture Format: 16:9
Subtitles: English/German/French/Spanish/Chinese
A co-production of ORF/UNITEL Classica in cooperation
with the Salzburg Festival
Live on DVD – riveting Eugene Onegin from Salzburg conducted by Daniel Barenboim
Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer and Konstantin Shilovsky, very closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry. Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky wrote the words for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1.

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.