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Tag: EUGENE ONEGIN

  • Varady/Brendel: ONEGIN ~ Final Scene

    Julia Varady and Wolfgang Brendel in the final scene from Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN, from a performance given at Munich in 1985.

  • Licia Albanese ~ Letter Scene

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    Licia Albanese learned Tatyana’s Letter Scene from EUGENE ONEGIN in Russian at the request of Leopold Stokowski especially for this recording. Albanese reportedly coached the aria with baritone George Cehanovsky, a Met comprimario stalwart who was married to Elisabeth Rethberg.

    EUGEN ONEGIN – Letter Scene – Licia Albanese – Stokowski cond

  • EUGENE ONEGIN: Letter Scene ~ Elena Stikhina

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    Elena Stikhina (above) sings Tatyana’s Letter Scene from Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN from a 2019 performance at the Mariinsky Theater. Zaurbek Gugkaev conducts.

    Watch and listen here.

  • EUGENE ONEGIN ~ Ottawa 1983

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    Above: Kathryn Bouleyn

    An English-language production of Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN given in 1983 at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada. Watch and listen here.

    Neeme Järvi conducts this performance, staged by John Copley. 

    The singers are Thomas Allen, Kathryn Bouleyn, David Rendall, Don Garrard, Diane Loeb, Gabrielle Lavigne, Lois Marshall, and Bernard Fitch 

    I am especially glad to have this souvenir of the wonderful soprano Kathryn Bouleyn, who I saw at the New York City Opera as Countess Almaviva. It is also lovely to see Lois Marshall as Filipyevna; this great singer had a highly successful concert career but rarely appeared in staged opera. Mssrs. Allen, Rendall, and Garrard are excellent.

  • ONEGIN ~ Final Scene ~ Rebeka/Shushakov

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    Marina Rebeka and Konstantin Shushakov in the dramatic final meeting of Tatyana and Onegin from Tchaikovsky’s EUGENE ONEGIN at a concert by the Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vassily Sinaisky. The performance took place at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow in 2020.

    Watch and listen here.