Eugene Onegin in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores)

About this book

Eugene Onegin the most popular of Tchaikovskys operas is widely considered a theatrical masterpiece. Adapted from a novel in verse form by Aleksandr Pushkin it is the tale of a jaded Russian aristocrat who scores the love of Tatyana an attractive young girl of the provincial petty nobility. After years of aimless wandering Onegin returns to St. Petersburg to find Tatyana much changed and married to a prince. Onegin falls in love but this time she rejects him in favor of marital fidelity. The theme and treatment of Pushkins text so strongly appealed to Tchaikovsky that he devoted himself to the operas execution with single-minded fervor drawing the libretto from the poets own lines as far as possible. The composers passionate attachment to the work was undoubtedly interlocked with analogous events in his private life: at the time of the operas creation Tchaikovsky was involved in a disastrous marriage that swiftly led to his emotional breakdown. Today Eugene Onegin is a staple of the operatic repertoire moving audiences everywhere with its richly melodic score and imaginative orchestration. Musicians and music lovers will welcome this inexpensive high-quality edition reprinted from an authoritative early score.