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Article: Eugene Onegin; pyotr ilyich tchaikovsky.(DVDs)
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- Opera Canada
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Opera Canada Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Decca: 074 3248
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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