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Out of an English-language compilation, a sort of montage of excerpts from his vast correspondence (see the source cited at the end), it has been possible to carve a mini-montage of Tchaikovsky’s thoughts on Eugene Onegin, which, thus assembled, present a surprisingly consistent authorial voice, despite the variety of recipients to whom they ...
Eugene Onegin - more properly, “Yevgeny”, but the westernisation of the name has stuck - is deservedly Tchaikovsky’s most popular opera, brimful of wonderful tunes and suffused with Romantic sensibility and erotic passion.
The author argues that the experience most pivotal to the creation of Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin was the composer's decision to marry, despite the fact that he was homosexual. In Tatiana, Tchaikovsky found a heroine whom he would have liked to reproduce in his own life and marriage.
This chapter examines Pyotr Ilyich's opera Eugene Onegin, which is based on Alexander Pushkin's novel. It suggests that though there were criticisms on the opera's occasional mishandling of Pushkin's text, its musical narrative struck a profound resonance with a public brought up on psychological novels and socially charged literary criticism.
This page lists all recordings of Eugene Onegin by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93).
Eugene Onegin: buy this book online. Published by Alma Books. Author: Tchaikovsky. Translator: Lloyd-Jones, David. Editor: John, Nicholas.
Eugene Onegin is a well-known example of lyric opera, to which Tchaikovsky added music of a dramatic nature. The story concerns a selfish hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman's love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend.
