opera "Eugene Onegin"

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"Eugene Onegin" is a lyric opera in three acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s novel in verse and renowned as one of the central works of the Russian operatic repertoire.

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instanceOf lyric opera
opera
alternateLanguageTitle Eugene Onegin
surface form: Евгений Онегин
basedOn Eugene Onegin
surface form: Eugene Onegin (novel in verse)
basedOnAuthor Alexander Pushkin
catalogueNumber Op. 24
centralCharacter Eugene Onegin
Olga Larina
Tatyana Larina
Vladimir Lensky
commissionedBy not formally commissioned (composed on Tchaikovsky’s own initiative)
composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
compositionEndYear 1878
compositionStartYear 1877
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
firstProfessionalProductionVenue Bolshoi Theatre
surface form: Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
firstProfessionalProductionYear 1881
firstPublicPerformanceVenue Maly Theatre
surface form: Maly Theatre, Moscow
genre lyric opera
romantic opera
hasCharacterVoiceType Eugene Onegin – baritone
Gremin – bass
Lensky – tenor
Olga – mezzo-soprano
Tatyana – soprano
language Russian
librettist Konstantin Shilovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
notability one of the central works of the Russian operatic repertoire
notableAria Kuda, kuda vy udalilis
Letter Scene
numberOfActs 3
orchestration romantic orchestra
originalTitleLanguage Russian
partOfRepertoire Russian operatic canon
premiereCity Moscow
premiereCountry Russian Empire
premiereDate 1879-03-29
premiereLocation Maly Theatre
surface form: Maly Theatre, Moscow
premiereType student performance
settingCountry Russia
settingPeriod early 19th century
sourceWorkForm novel in verse
structure three acts
style lyrical
through-composed with closed numbers
subjectMatter duel
fate and regret
unrequited love
typicalPerformanceLanguage Russian

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Bolshoi Theatre notableWorkPerformed opera "Eugene Onegin"
Renée Fleming notableRole opera "Eugene Onegin"
this entity surface form: Tatiana in Tchaikovsky’s "Eugene Onegin"
Eugene Onegin adaptedAs opera "Eugene Onegin"
this entity surface form: opera Eugene Onegin
Galina Vishnevskaya notableRole opera "Eugene Onegin"
this entity surface form: Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin