Opera - Eugene Onegin

PETER IL'YICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

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Eugene Onegin

142:20

Opera in three acts

Text by the composer and Konstantin Shilovsky after Alexander Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin

English translation by David Lloyd-Jones

Act I

1

Introduction

2:39

Scene 1

No. 1 Duet and Quartet

2

'Oh, did you hear the lovesick shepherd boy'

5:08

Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Nurse

No 2 Chorus and Dance of the Peasants

3

'My legs ache and can no longer run'

2:39

Leader (John Hudson), Peasants, Madame Larina

4

'In a cottage by the water'

2:05

Peasants

No. 3 Scene and Aria

5

'Oh, how I love to hear the people singing'

0:58

Tatyana, Olga

6

'I'm not the sort to sit in silence'

2:35

Olga

No. 4 Scene

7

'Come here, my darling Olga!'

3:10

Madame Larina, Nurse, Tatyana, Peasants, Olga

No. 5 Scene and Quartet

8

'Mesdames, I hope that you'll excuse me'

1:48

Lensky, Onegin, Madame Larina

9

'Now tell me, which of them's Tatyana?'

1:42

Onegin, Lensky, Tatyana, Olga

No. 6 Scene and Arioso

10

'How perfect, how wonderful'

2:14

Lensky, Olga, Onegin, Tatyana

11

'How I love you, I adore you, Olga'

3:16

Lensky, Olga

No. 7 Closing Scene

12

'Ah, here you are!'

2:40

Madame Larina, Nurse, Lensky, Onegin

Scene 2

No. 8 Introduction and Scene

13

Introduction

1:38

14

'There! No more talk tonight'

1:19

15

'I can't sleep, Nanny'

0:49

16

'Well, let me think now'

4:55

Nurse, Tatyana

No. 9 Letter Scene

17

'To write is foolishness, I know it'

2:52

18

' ''I had to write'' '

3:03

19

'No, there could never be another'

1:52

20

'For you were always there beside me'

0:50

21

' ''Are you an angel'' '

2:20

22

' ''No, come what may'' '

2:14

Tatyana

No. 10 Scene and Duet

23

'Ah, night is over!'

2:30

24

'Oh, Nanny, may I ask a favour?'

0:25

25

'Then make your grandson go in secret'

3:08

Tatyana, Nurse

Scene 3

No. 11 Chorus of Girls

26

'Dear companions, come this way'

3:07

Girls

No. 12 Scene and Aria

27

'Onegin! Here! To see me!'

2:23

28

'You wrote a letter'

1:47

Tatyana, Onegin

29

'Were I the sort who had intended'

3:14

Onegin

30

'But try to practise self-control'

1:02

Onegin, Girls

Act II

Scene 1

No. 13 Entr'acte, Waltz and Chorus

31

Entr'acte and Waltz

2:38

32

'This is superb!'

1:45

Guests

33

'Certainly! But why aren't you dancing?'

1:03

Captain, Guests

34

'So that's their verdict!'

2:19

Onegin, Lensky, Guests

No. 14 Scene and Triquet's Couplets

35

'How can I have deserved to be so taunted by you?'

2:22

Lensky, Olga, Onegin

36

'By chance I 'ave with me a song'

0:44

37

' ''A cette fête conviée'' '

2:39

Triquet, Guests

No. 15 Mazurka and Scene

38

'Messieurs! Mesdames!'

1:13

Captain

Mazurka

39

'Why aren't you dancing, Lensky?'

3:14

Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Madame Larina

No. 16 Finale

40

'Here in your house!'

2:50

Lensky, Onegin, Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Guests

41

'Your challenge I accept'

1:52

Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Olga

Scene 2

No. 17 Introduction, Scene and Aria

42

Introduction

1:59

43

'What's happened? Where can your opponent be?'

1:14

Zaretsky, Lensky

44

'How far, how far away you seem now'

6:22

Lensky

No. 18 Duel Scene

45

'Ah, here they are!'

1:55

46

'We fight to satisfy our honour'

4:02

Zaretsky, Onegin, Lensky

Act III

Scene One

47

No. 19 Polonaise

4:19

No. 20 Scene and Aria

48

'Here, too, I'm bored!'

2:25

Onegin

49

Ecossaise

1:50

50

'The Princess Gremina!'

2:15

Guests, Onegin, Tatyana, Gremin

No. 20a Aria

51

'The gift of love is rightly treasured'

5:41

Gremin

No. 21 Scene and Arioso

52

'And now, you must be introduced to her'

1:21

Gremin, Tatyana, Onegin

53

'Is this the very same Tatyana'

2:22

Onegin

Scene 2

No. 22 Final Scene

54

Introduction

1:39

55

'Why, why did he return and write this letter?'

2:15

Tatyana, Onegin

56

'Onegin, I was then far younger'

2:15

Tatyana

57

'Ah, Tatyana!'

3:15

58

'Onegin, as a man of honour'

2:07

59

'Onegin! Leave me, I entreat you'

1:40

Onegin, Tatyana

Thomas Hampson baritone - Eugene Onegin

Kiri Te Kanawa soprano - Tatyana

Neil Rosenshein tenor - Lensky

John Connell bass - Prince Gremin

Richard van Allan bass - A Captain/Zaretsky

Nicolai Gedda tenor - Monsieur Triquet

Linda Finnie mezzo-soprano - Madame Larina

Elizabeth Bainbridge mezzo-soprano - Filippyevna

Patricia Bardon mezzo-soprano - Olga

Sir Charles Mackerras

29 June-6 July 1992

This very fine Wagner recording returns to the catalogue – a highly persuasive account in its considered approach. The singing, in an effective English translation, is excellent.’
‘Chandos’ outsanding sound allows listeners to hear every note of this recording… Anyone who wants a Rigoletto in English will be happy with this worthy effort.’
‘The recording is sung in English, which is preferable to the Russian-on-autopilot approach that has marred many versions of the work’.


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