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Eugene Onegin
starring: Sergei Leiferkus, Yuri Temirkanov

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Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780769778105
Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0769778100
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Running Time: 155 minutes
Studio: Kultur Video
Sales Rank: 75005
MPN: 1165

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Editorial Review:

Description:
This Soviet production filmed live at the Kirov conveys the full beauty of Tchaikovsky's vision. It is a poetically tender work which was confirmed by Tchaikovsky himself in 1878 when he said "I played the whole of Eugene Onegin, the author was the sole listener, the listener was moved to tears." Eugene Onegin is Tchaikovsky's most lyrical operatic work. While composing it, he wrote he was filled with "indescribable pleasure and enthusiasm." The opera is based on Pushkin's novel in verse and was first produced in Moscow on March 29, 1879. Featuring Sergei Leyferkus as Onegin, Yuri Marusin, Tatiana Novikova, Larissa Dyadkova

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Near perfect but...
Consider what this opera means to the Russians...a famous Russian novel set by the most famous and popular Russian composer. The conductor conducts the performance from memory with his eyes closed much of the time as if he were in a trance. The sets are traditional and give an authentic feel for the time and place of the story unlike the almost embarassing minimalism of the new Met production. The singing is uniformly good although no singer seems truly world class save the Onegin himself. What is bothersome about the performance is that, while it is advertised as "live" I suspect that a camera was focused on the whole performance from a distance. Closeup shots were later filmed with the complete soundtrack and the singers lip synching to the original. The problem is that, unlike the ... Read More

Rating:

- A moviing performance
Living in Australia, I have not had the pleasure of attending a live performance of this wonderful opera. I was "blown away" by this performance on DVD. The combination of a story by the incomparable Pushkin, Tschaikovsky's sensitive, lyrical musical score, excellent singing (the excessive vibrato which plagues many Russian singers was mercifully absent), believable casting, a great orchestra and excellent sets all contribute to a moving performance. Tatiana Novikova lives rather than acts Tatiana. Her performance of the crucial letter scene is sensitive, poignant and very moving. Onegin and Lenski are magnificent too, as are the minor roles, not forgetting the unnamed tenor who plays Monsier Triquet. His gracious tribute to Tatiana is running through my head as I write this.

But ... Read More

Rating:

- entrancing!
I can say that I delight in operatic sublety from Tchaikovsky
compared to say Wagner's adorable bombast. "Onegin" is an example of
what I call great music drama: good story plus superb music. After all,
beauty, fortunately, is subjective (pardon the cliche)--this cd is
for all opera lovers...

Rating:

- Musical gem of a performace
This perfomance of Onegin is one of the most musical I have seen over the past 30 years. I do remember great performances at the Metropolitan opera with Zylis-Gara and Gedda and a great performance by the Bolshoi when they first came to the Met about 30 years ago. The beauty of this performance however is the total perfection of ensemble staging, singing, acting and conducting all within beautiful sets. The individual singers have excellent techniques, unforced beautiful voices and a true feeling for the nuances of the opera which is conducted to perfection by an unlisted conductor who projects his great love and appreciation of the score. The performers are ideally cast and are embodiments of their roles. However, it is the high quality of the singing and interpretations of every singer ... Read More

Rating:

- Wonderful performance
This DVD is the best "Onegin" performance which I saw. Voices, costumes and style are really very very good. I just sang Tatiana last month and this DVD helped me in preparation a lot. All me american partners really like it. I hope you will enjoy it too.

DVD : Eugene Onegin