Great Performances at the Met presents Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Anna Netrebko stars as Tatiana, the naïve heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera, with Peter Mattei as the title character who rejects her. Alexey Dolgov is Onegin’s friend-turned-rival, Lenski, with Elena Maximova as Tatiana’s sister, Olga, and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin. Robin Ticciati conducts. GP at the Met: Eugene Onegin airs on PBS Sunday, August 13 at 12PM (check local listings).
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GP at The Met: Eugene Onegin
Anna Netrebko stars as Tatiana, the naïve heroine of Tchaikovsky’s opera, with Peter Mattei as the title character who rejects her. Alexey Dolgov is Onegin’s friend-turned-rival, Lenski, with Elena Maximova as Tatiana’s sister, Olga, and Štefan Kocán as Prince Gremin. Robin Ticciati conducts. GP at the Met: Eugene Onegin airs on PBS Sunday, August 13 at 12PM (check local listings).
Features
Onegin's Aria (Kogda bi zhizn)
Mariusz Kwiecien performs Onegin's Aria from Act I of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.
Letter Scene ("Puskai pogibnu ya")
Excerpt from Tatiana's (Anna Netrebko) letter scene ("Puskai pogibnu ya") from Act I.
Lenski's Aria
Alexey Dolgov sings Lenski's Act II aria in GP at the Met: Eugene Onegin.
TRANSCRIPT
[Woman singing opera] Feel the passion of love and its pain when Great Performances at the Met presents Tchaikovsky's most popular opera: Eugene Onegin [Man singing opera] starring Peter Mattei and Anna Netrebko [Woman singing opera] Don't miss this powerful production of Eugene Onegin only on Great Performances at the Met.
[Instrumental music]
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