opera notebook
some operas I have seen on videoPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin (1879)
libretto by the composer
Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, 2015
- Conductor: Valery Gergiev
- Director: Alexei Stepanyuk
- Set Designer: Alexander Orlov
- Onegin: Andrei Bondarenko
- Tatyana: Yekaterina Goncharova
- Lensky: Yevgeny Akhmedov
- Gremin: Edward Tsanga
A striking scenic concept, the stage strewn with apples much of the time, subtly underscores the thematic complexity of Eugene Onegin.