Article: Eugene Onegin; pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky.(DVDs)

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Deutsche Grammophon: 00440 013 4434 Decca's release of Tchaikovsky's popular opera presents the 1997 Metropolitan Opera production in which the Canadian team of director Robert Carsen and designer Michael Levine scored another artistic triumph--all with the simplest of means. During the opening orchestral prelude, we see a seated Onegin (his chair the only prop on the vast Met stage) reading Tatyana's letter while leaves fall to cover the stage with an autumnal carpet of yellows, reds and gold.

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The Act II duel scene takes place on a completely barren stage lit by a stark, wintry light. In place of a grand ...

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