Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In English) - Braun, Cotrubas, Tear, Garrard, Minton; Solti. London, 1971
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In English) - Braun, Cotrubas, Tear, Garrard, Minton; Solti. London, 1971
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In English) - Braun, Cotrubas, Tear, Garrard, Minton; Solti. London, 1971
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In English) - Braun, Cotrubas, Tear, Garrard, Minton; Solti. London, 1971

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (In English)

Braun, Cotrubas, Tear, Garrard, Minton; Solti. London, 1971

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Eugene Onegin

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)


DESCRIPTION

This English-language Eugene Onegin offers Anglophone audiences a more immediate access to the opera’s emotional and psychological textures, without relinquishing too much of its quintessentially Russian essence. Ileana Cotrubas proves near-ideal as Tatiana, her performance capturing both the character’s guileless sincerity in Act I and her composed authority in Act III. Victor Braun brings a well-rounded and attractive baritone to the title role, his vocal quality and dramatic instincts aligning persuasively with Onegin’s reserved complexity. Georg Solti conducts with a balance of refinement and fervor, maintaining the score’s lyric sweep alongside its darker undercurrents.


CAST

Eugene Onegin – Victor Braun
Tatyana – Ileana Cotrubas
Lensky – Robert Tear
Olga – Yvonne Minton
Prince Gremin – Don Garrard
Filipyevna – Noreen Berry
Mme Larina – Pamela Bowden
Monsieur Triquet – Neil Howlett
Captain – John Lanigan
Zaretsky – Paul Hudson


DETAILS

Location: London
Date: February 13, 1971
Conductor: Georg Solti
Catalogue Number: OD 12323-2
Label: Opera Depot
Number of Discs: 2
In Mono

Track List

Act I

Scene i – The garden of the Larin country estate
Tracks 1–11

Scene ii – Tatyana’s room
Tracks 12–15

Scene iii – Another part of the estate
Tracks 16–20

Act II

Scene i – The ballroom of the Larin house
Tracks 21–26

Scene ii – On the banks of a wooded stream, early morning
Tracks 27–31

Act III

Scene i – The house of a rich nobleman in St Petersburg
Tracks 32–38

Scene ii – A room in Prince Gremin’s house
Tracks 39–40

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