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In telling the slow-moving tale of human perfidy, Mussorgsky instead provides the musical ground work for illustrating Pushkin's ugly and depressing libretto evoking pre-modern 17th century Russia.
Debra Levine: Fear and Loathing at the Met: Rene Pape as Boris Gudonov Debra Levine 2010
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In telling the slow-moving tale of human perfidy, Mussorgsky instead provides the musical ground work for illustrating Pushkin's ugly and depressing libretto evoking pre-modern 17th century Russia.
Debra Levine: Fear and Loathing at the Met: Rene Pape as Boris Gudonov Debra Levine 2010
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Though Chloe Obolensky's costumes update "Onegin" to the High Victorian period, Ms. Warner deviates little from Tchaikovsky and his librettist, Konstantin Shilovsky's conception of Alexander Pushkin's revered verse novel.
A Lovestruck 'Onegin' Paul Levy 2011
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Boris Gudonov – immortalised in Mussorgsky's opera, based on Pushkin's play – seized power, and the country was plunged into 15 years of crisis.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Moscow, Russia, 1879Among the most intimate and heart-rending of operas, this setting of Pushkin's verse tale has a spectacular birthday ball, a duel and, early on, the Letter Scene, in which the impetuous young Tatyana pours out her heart to the cold Onegin.
Top 50 operas 2011
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Martin Pickard's translation boldly matches the strange unevenness of the libretto, which consists of flat, duff-eared lines – inserted by Tchaikovsy, his brother and a minor poet to patch up the story – alongside the divine inspiration of Pushkin's original verse novel.
Eugene Onegin; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Janine Jansen/Vänskä – review 2011
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In telling the slow-moving tale of human perfidy, Mussorgsky illustrates Pushkin's depressing libretto of pre-modern, 17th century Russia.
Debra Levine: Fear and Loathing at the Met: Rene Pape as Boris Gudonov Debra Levine 2010
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Paris 'Eugene Onegin' Pushkin's lovelorn tale "Eugene Onegin" was adapted into a three-act opera in 1879 by Tchaikovsky.
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London dance "Onegin" is the Royal Ballet's production of the John Cranko ballet based on music by Pyotr Tchaikovski, retelling the story of Pushkin's novel "Yyvgeny Onegin."
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky St Petersburg, Russia, 1890After Pushkin's story, complete with two suicides and a ghost, the former gambler of the title, an old woman now close to death, holds the secret of winning at cards.
Top 50 operas 2011
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