"prize). In the final concert of the competition on 22 October 2005, he sang the arias ""Kuda, kuda"" from ""Eugene Onegin"" by Peter Tschaikowsky and ""Lunge da lei"" from ""La traviata"" by Giuseppe Verdi. In 2005-2006, he continued to improve his vocal skills in Galina Vishnevskaya's Opera Centre. In 2006, he debuted in Europe singing Lensky's aria from ""Eugene Onegin"" at the International Opera Singers Competition of Galina Vishnevskaya (2nd prize). He was described as the audience favorite, whose tenor is in the lyrical mold of past Russians such as Ivan Kozlovsky and Sergei Lemeshev, fluent and expressive, but with"
"Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. ""Onegin"" is considered a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes (so-called ""superfluous men""). It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the currently accepted version is based on the 1837 publication. Almost the entire work is made up of 389 fourteen-line stanzas (5,446 lines in all) of iambic tetrameter with the unusual rhyme scheme """", where the"
"he was also director of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. Viktor Selyavin Viktor Alekseyevich Selyavin (1875–1945) was a leading tenor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. He is often referred to as Odessa's Sobinov, a reference to Leonid Sobinov, one of the best known Russian tenors of the first half of the twentieth century. His repertoire included the tenor roles of most major operas, but he is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in ""Eugene Onegin"". He also performed in chamber music, being especially fond of Mikhail Glinka's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's romances. In 1920, Viktor Selyavin"
"Onegin (film) Onegin is a 1999 British-American romantic drama film based on Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse ""Eugene Onegin"", co-produced by British and American companies and shot mostly in the United Kingdom. ""Onegin"" is Martha Fiennes' directorial debut and stars her brother Ralph Fiennes in the role of Yevgeny (Eugene) Onegin, Liv Tyler as Tatiana, Irene Worth as Princess Alina and Toby Stephens as Lensky. Two other Fiennes siblings were involved in the project: Magnus Fiennes wrote the music and Sophie Fiennes appeared in a minor role. In early 19th century Russia, a bored St. Petersburg socialite named Onegin inherits"
"Viktor Selyavin Viktor Alekseyevich Selyavin (1875–1945) was a leading tenor of the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. He is often referred to as Odessa's Sobinov, a reference to Leonid Sobinov, one of the best known Russian tenors of the first half of the twentieth century. His repertoire included the tenor roles of most major operas, but he is best known for his interpretation of Lensky in ""Eugene Onegin"". He also performed in chamber music, being especially fond of Mikhail Glinka's and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's romances. In 1920, Viktor Selyavin was appointed professor at the Conservatory of Odessa. In the 1930s"
"Yuri Mazurok Yuri Antónovich Mazurók (Russian Ю́рий Анто́нович Мазуро́к, 18 July 1931 in Kraśnik – April 2006 in Moscow), PAU, was a Russian operatic baritone of Ukrainian ethnicity. He sang leading roles with major opera houses internationally, including the Bolshoi Theatre, where he made his debut as Eugene Onegin, to become his most famous part, in 1963, the Canadian Opera Company, the Metropolitan Opera (""La traviata"", ""Eugene Onegin"", and ""Tosca""), the Royal Opera, London, and the Vienna State Opera. Among Mazurok's recordings are ""Eugene Onegin"" (with Galina Vishnevskaya and Vladimir Atlantov, conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, 1970; then with Tamara Milashkina"
"and Lyudmila"" is the earliest important Pushkin-inspired opera, and a landmark in the tradition of Russian music. Tchaikovsky's operas ""Eugene Onegin"" (1879) and ""The Queen of Spades"" (La Dame de Pique, 1890) became perhaps better known outside of Russia than Pushkin's own works of the same name. Mussorgsky's monumental ""Boris Godunov"" (two versions, 1868–9 and 1871–2) ranks as one of the very finest and most original of Russian operas. Other Russian operas based on Pushkin include Dargomyzhsky's ""Rusalka"" and ""The Stone Guest""; Rimsky-Korsakov's ""Mozart and Salieri"", ""Tale of Tsar Saltan"", and ""The Golden Cockerel""; Cui's ""Prisoner of the Caucasus"", ""Feast"
"Lensky, and Sean Murray as Zaretsky. In 2012, Stephen Fry recorded an audiobook of the novel in the translation by James E. Falen. Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. ""Onegin"" is considered a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes (so-called ""superfluous men""). It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the currently accepted version is based on the 1837 publication. Almost the entire"
"Tallinn. His solo opera debut was a small part in ""Eugene Onegin"" (1944). He soon became one of the most revered singers in Estonia and Finland and was also admired and loved all over Russia. Ots often performed in many major opera houses of the former Soviet Union, being especially cherished at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. His repertoire included the roles of Eugene Onegin, Yeletzky, Escamillo, Renato, Don Giovanni, Papageno, Rigoletto, Iago, Porgy, Figaro, and the title role in Kabalevsky's ""Colas Breugnon"". Ots sang in Estonian, Russian, Finnish, German, Italian and French, and was fluent in all six languages."
"The main part in this production was performed by the famous baritone Georges Baklanoff. His debut in the main role was the part of Lensky in ""Eugene Onegin"" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1913. His partners were M. Gukova (Tatiana) and I. Gryzunov (Onegin), the conductor being Emil Cooper. The press published laudatory reviews. On April 23, 1913 the Season’s News wrote: “For the first times, apart from Sobinov, we have heard one more veritable Lensky…”. Yudin was invited to sing this part in the Casino Theater in Monte Carlo where the best singers of Europe, including Feodor Chaliapin, Enrico"
"and the Mariinsky in Saint Petersburg remain famous throughout the world. The first known opera made in Russia was ""A Life for the Tsar"" by Mikhail Glinka in 1836. This was followed by several operas such as ""Ruslan and Lyudmila"" in 1842. Russian opera was originally a combination of Russian folk music and Italian opera. After the October revolution many opera composers left Russia. Russia's most popular operas include ""Boris Godunov"", ""Eugene Onegin"", ""The Golden Cockerel"", ""Prince Igor"", and ""The Queen of Spades"". Since the late Soviet times Russia has experienced another wave of Western cultural influence, which led to"
"He actively encouraged Tchaikovsky's creative efforts and performed his compositions. Rubinstein and Tchaikovsky had a well-known falling-out over the latter's First Piano Concerto, but Rubinstein later revised his position and became an ardent champion of the work. Rubinstein conducted the premiere of Tchaikovsky's opera ""Eugene Onegin"" in 1879. Tchaikovsky wrote his Piano Trio in A minor in Rubinstein's memory after he died from tuberculosis in Paris. Rubinstein also conducted and performed music of the nationalistic music group ""The Five"" to a much greater degree than his brother. In 1869, when the group's leader, Mily Balakirev, was forced to resign as"
"Dmitri Usatov Dimitri Andreevich Usatov (February 22, 1847 - August 23, 1913) was a Russian tenor and vocal teacher. Born a serf to Dmitri Nikolayevich Sheremetev, he studied music with Camille Everardi at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and sang at the Bolshoy Theatre from 1880 to 1889. There he sang the role of Lensky in ""Eugene Onegin"" in 1881 and the role of Andrei in ""Mazeppa"" in 1884. He later taught singing in Tbilisi, where his most famous pupil was Feodor Chaliapin, whom he not only trained, but fed, clothed and supported. Usatov had a good relationship with the composer"
"acting as Karajan’s assistant in Berlin and Salzburg and continuing his conducting studies in Hilversum and Tanglewood. From 1974 to 1978 he was Chief Conductor of the Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra. In 1979 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and other American cities with ""Eugene Onegin"" (1979-1980), returning for ""Il Barbiere di Siviglia"" (1982–83) and ""Boris Godunov"" (1990). Following this he guest conducted many orchestras around the world including the Leningrad Philharmonic, with whom he made several recordings and became guest conductor in the 1989/90 season. Among operatic engagements for Covent Garden he conducted ""Eugene Onegin"""
"helping the sick and wounded soldiers. General-Adjutant Prince M. Tashunin. 22 September 1914"" In 1916, Shuisky moved to Ukraine. During the German occupation and the Civil War in Ukraine, Shuisky was a teacher, soloist in concert performances and played the title role in Tchaikovsky's ""Eugene Onegin"" From 1923 to 1932 Shuisky was an Artist of Ukrainian State Opera – he worked at the Opera and Ballet Theater in Kiev and Opera and Ballet Theater in Odessa. Shuisky was a soloist. He taught at the conservatory and sang in concerts and on the radio. In 1932, as part of the Odessa"
"Petr Migunov Petr Migunov (; born August 24, 1974) is a Russian opera and classical singer (bass) who graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and was a winner of both the Tokyo and Salzburg Competitions in 1997 and 1999 respectively. He is well known for his performances as the bass soloist in Beethoven's ""Ninth Symphony"" as well as in the requiems of Mozart and Faure. He is also known for his singing of operatic bass roles such as Mephistopheles in ""Faust"", Prince Gremin in ""Eugene Onegin"", René in ""Iolanta"" and Don Iñigo in ""L'heure espagnole"". In 2000 he performed at"
"is credited with both crystallizing the literary Russian language and introducing a new level of artistry to Russian literature. His best-known work is a novel in verse, ""Eugene Onegin"". An entire new generation of poets including Mikhail Lermontov, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Konstantin Batyushkov, Nikolay Nekrasov, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Fyodor Tyutchev and Afanasy Fet followed in Pushkin's steps. Pushkin is considered by many to be the central representative of Romanticism in Russian literature; however, he can't be labelled unequivocally as a Romantic. Russian critics have traditionally argued that his works represent a path from neo-Classicism through Romanticism to Realism. An alternative assessment"
"Onegin stanza Onegin stanza (sometimes ""Pushkin sonnet"") refers to the verse form popularized (or invented) by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin through his novel in verse ""Eugene Onegin"". The work was mostly written in verses of iambic tetrameter with the rhyme scheme , where the lowercase letters represent feminine endings (i.e., with an additional unstressed syllable) and the uppercase representing masculine ending (i.e. stressed on the final syllable). For example, here is the first stanza of ""Onegin"" as rendered into English by Charles Hepburn Johnston: <poem> </poem> Unlike other traditional forms, such as the Petrarchan sonnet or Shakespearean sonnet, the"
"Eugen Doga Eugen Doga (; born 1 March 1937) is a Soviet composer. He writes music in all kinds of genres and styles, which makes him one of the most prolific and versatile composers. He has his own easily recognizable style. A creator of three ballets ""Luceafărul”, “Venancia”, “Queen Margot”, the opera “Dialogues of Love”, more than 100 instrumental and choral works – symphonies, 6 quartets, “Requiem”, church music, and other, plus music for 13 plays, radio shows, more than 200 movies, more than 260 songs and romances, more than 70 waltzes; he is also the author of works for"
"Nelepp won one of seven openings. He completed a five-year Conservatory program in three years and was offered a contract at Leningrad's premiere Kirov Theater. His teacher Joseph Tomars trained him to sing both lyric and dramatic tenor parts. He debuted in the lyric role of Lensky in Tchaikovsky's ""Eugene Onegin"". Writing about the performance ten years later, E. Ol’khovskii described Nelepp's characterization of the romantic hero, which played upon Lensky's weakness, femininity, and hypersensitivity. It won “the blessing of the audience.” Thus, critic Ivan Sollertinsky predicted Nelepp would be a world class opera star. Renowned Russian tenor Leonid Sobinov"
"Gogol's ""Christmas Eve"", was to have been set to music by Alexander Serov. With Serov's death, the libretto was opened to a competition with a guarantee that the winning entry would be premiered by the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre. Tchaikovsky was declared the winner, but at the 1876 premiere, the opera enjoyed only a lukewarm reception. After Tchaikovsky's death, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the opera ""Christmas Eve"", based on the same story. Other works of this period include the ""Variations on a Rococo Theme"" for cello and orchestra, the Third and Fourth Symphonies, the ballet ""Swan Lake"", and the opera ""Eugene Onegin"". Discussion"
"in 1994 published by Melodiya. Valeria Stenkina Valeria Stenkina () is a Russian operatic soprano and Meritorious Artist of Russia. Stenkina was born in Samara, Russia. In 1992 she graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory and four years later, for the first time, has appeared at the Mariinsky Theatre in the title role of ""Salome"". She became a permanent member of the Mariinsky company and since 1997 has performed such roles as Tatyana in ""Eugene Onegin"", Maria in ""Mazeppa"", as well as Violetta in ""La traviata"" and Kundry in ""Parsifal"". In 1998 performed with the Estonian National Opera where she"
"the revival of the company's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugeny Onegin. In the season 2012/13, he conducted Eugeny Onegin at the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre, during 31st International Chaliapin Opera Festival. In February and March 2013, he continued his collaboration with the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre, conducting Tchaikovsky's The Nutkracker and Gavrilin's Anyuta. In 2011-2013, Ayrat Kashaev was the Artistic Director of Gnesin College of Music Choir. Under his leadership, the choir rapidly turned from merely a training body for young music students into a prize-winning ensemble, actively performing at most prestigious Moscow venues. In 2013-2014, Ayrat"
"chamber music vocal series based on the 19th and early 20th century Russian poets' works. He was awarded the Medal ""In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"". Oleg Pogudin Oleg Evgenevich Pogudin () (December 22, 1968, Leningrad) is a outstanding Russian singer, TV presenter, actor, ""Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation"" and ""People's Artist of Russia "" noted for his vocal and artistic style of interpretation of Russian romances and traditional folk songs. From 1979 till 1982 he was a soloist of the children's choir of Leningrad radio and television studio. In 1985-1990 he studied at the Russian"
"Marina Domashenko Marina Domashenko () is a Russian operatic mezzo-soprano. Domashenko was born into a musical family in the Siberian town Kemerovo. She graduated with honours from the Kemerovo School of Music where she studied piano and conducting, and from the Yekaterinburg Conservatory where she studied opera singing. The role of Olga in Tchaikovsky's ""Eugene Onegin"" at the Prague State Opera in 1998 was Domashenko's European debut. She returned the next season to sing Polina in Tchaikovsky's ""The Queen of Spades"", the title role in Bizet's ""Carmen"", and Dorabella in Mozart's ""Così fan tutte"". In 1999 she toured Japan with"
"The Royal Ballet did not present the work until 2001. The choreography for his ballet includes a wide range of styles, including folk, modern, ballroom and acrobatic. The music takes inspiration from the composer he worked with when he was first introduced to the story – Kurt-Heinz Stolze arranged music by Tchaikovsky, which came principally from his piano works rather than his orchestral works, to accompany the dancers. The original principals were Marcia Haydée as Tatiana, Ray Barra as Onegin, Egon Madsen as Lensky and Ana Cardus as Olga. Between 1965 and 1967 Cranko revised ""Onegin"" several times. His scenario"
"poem ""Ode to Liberty"", one of several that led to his being exiled by Tsar Alexander the First. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama ""Boris Godunov"". His novel in verse, ""Eugene Onegin"", was serialized between 1825 and 1832. Pushkin was fatally wounded in a duel with his brother-in-law, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès, also known as Dantes-Gekkern, a French officer serving with the Chevalier Guard Regiment, who attempted to seduce the poet's wife, Natalia Pushkina. Pushkin's father, Sergei Lvovich Pushkin (1767–1848), was descended from a"
"Quý Dương NSND Phạm Quý Dương (Hải Dương, 1937 - 28 June 2011 at Hanoi) was a Vietnamese classical singer, and vocal coach at the Vietnam National Academy of Music. He was selected by Russian voice coaches as the singer to sing the lead baritone role in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (opera) at the Hanoi Opera in 1960, thus becoming Vietnam's first opera singer. He completed his training with Belcanto arias, some of which had been retained in the opera's repertoire from the French colonial period. In later years, together with NSND Trần Hiếu and NSƯT Trung Kiên, Quý Dương was"
"Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya Yelizaveta Andreyevna Lavrovskaya (; – February 4, 1919) was a Russian mezzo-soprano praised for her dramatic performances of operatic arias and her sensitive interpretations of lieder. An acquaintance of composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, she suggested that he compose an opera based on Alexander Pushkin's verse-play ""Eugene Onegin"". Tchaikovsky followed her suggestion; the result was the composer's finest opera. Born in Kashin, Lavrovskaya studied first at the Elizabeth Institute in Moscow under Fenzi, then at the St. Petersburg Conservatory under Henriette Nissen-Saloman. The Grand Duchess Yelena Pavlovna, the German-born aunt of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and royal sponsor"
"have been cemented in the composer's mind by the success of his Orchestral Suite No. 3 at its January 1885 premiere in Saint Petersburg. In 1885, Alexander III requested a new production of ""Eugene Onegin"" at the Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in Saint Petersburg. By having the opera staged there and not at the Mariinsky Theatre, he served notice that Tchaikovsky's music was replacing Italian opera as the official imperial art. In addition, by virtue of Ivan Vsevolozhsky, Director of the Imperial Theaters and a patron of the composer, Tchaikovsky was awarded a lifetime annual pension of 3,000 rubles from the"
"the Introduction (Ouverture), with the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Gauk. Concert performance of all five surviving numbers, including the previously unrecorded ""Bridal March"", recorded 13 November 2015 at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, with Mikhail Fillipov reciting extracts from Zhukovsky's story. Undina (Tchaikovsky) Undina (sometimes ""Undine"" or ""Ondine"") () is an opera in 3 acts by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The work was composed in 1869. The libretto was written by Vladimir Sollogub, and is based on Vasily Zhukovsky's translation of Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's ""Ondine"". The opera was composed during the months of January to"
"the Kirov Opera (today's Mariinsky Theater) and changed two years later to the leading opera house of the Soviet Union: the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Here he sang the great parts of Russian and Italian repertoire such as the title role in ""Eugene Onegin"", Lionel in ""The Maid of Orleans"" (with Makvala Kasrashvili in the title role), Yeletzki in ""The Queen of Spades"", Robert in ""Iolanta"" all by Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov's Misghir in ""The Snow Maiden"" (also recorded as CD), Andrey Bolkonsky in Prokofiev's ""War and Peace"", Conte di Luna in ""Il trovatore"", Gérmont in ""La traviata"", Rodrigo in ""Don Carlo"""
"Eugene Raskin Eugene Raskin or Gene Raskin (Bronx, New York, 5 September 1909 – Manhattan, New York, 7 June 2004), was an American musician and playwright, author of the lyrics of the English version of the Russian song ""Those Were the Days"" and also of three books on architecture and adjunct professor at Columbia University (1936–1976). Raskin was born in the Bronx in 1909. He studied at Columbia University and eventually became adjunct professor of architecture at his alma mater between 1936 and 1976. He wrote two plays: in 1949 ""One's a Crowd"", a comedy about an atomic scientist who"