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TCHAIKOVSKY: Eugene Onegin 2 DVD Set / Lyrical scenes in three acts / Libretto by PI. TCHAIKOVSKY & K.S. SHILOVSKY / The Bolshoi Theatre Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus / Conducted by ALEXANDER VEDERNIKOV / Filmed in HD at the Paris Opera / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 150 Minutes
UPC: 3760115300460
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.47 x 0.59 x 7.48 inches; 2.93 Ounces
- Item model number : BAC046
- Director : Chlo Perlemuter, Dmitri Tcherniakov
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Release date : October 27, 2009
- Actors : Makvala Kasrashvili, Tatiana Monogarova, Mariusz Kwiecien, Andrey Dunaev, Anatoli Kotscherga
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian
- Language : Russian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Russian (DTS 5.1), Russian (PCM Stereo)
- Studio : Bel Air Classiques
- Country of Origin : France
- Number of discs : 2
Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евгений Онегин, tr. Yevgény Onégin, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈnʲeɡʲɪn]), Op. 24, is an opera (designated as "lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), 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.
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.
