Live recording from the Dress Rehearsal of Eugene Onegin (Евгений Онегин) last August.
The duel scene in Onegin is such a great moment, I had such a great time peforming the role of Lensky; a role that I had to learn and memorize in only one month! Learning to sing in Russian in under a month was quite a task, but it was well worth it to do such a lovely opera.
I really deep dived into Tchaikovsky's usage of musical key relations with regards to each character to help understand and bring out some of the underlying romantic subtext between Lensky and Onegin that many productions leave out. The feelings they have for each other help make the duel and the duet leading up to it even more powerful in my opinion.
Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский - Евгений Онегин
[Ленский/Онегин]
Timestamps
0:00 - Kuda, kuda vï udalilis (Lensky's Aria) - Куда, куда, куда вы удалились
5:52 - Lensky and Onegin Duet
Lensky [Ленский]: Alexander Cappellazzo
Onegin [Онегин]: Georgios Iatrou
Zaretsky: Douglas Graham
Guillot: Zoe Clarke
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