Eugene Onegin
Lyric scenes in three acts
Libretto
Konstantin Schilowskij und Pjotr Tschaikowskij after the verse novel by Aleksandr Pushkin
Premiere
29 March 1879, Moscow (Maly Theatre)
Cast
LARINA (mezzo-soprano)
TATYANA (soprano)
OLGA (contralto)
FILIPPEVNA (mezzo-soprano)
Eugene Onegin (baritone)
LENSKY (tenor)
PRINCE GREMIN (bass)
CAPTAIN (bass)
ZARETSKY (bass)
TRIQUET (tenor)GUILLOT (silent)
CHORUS
peasants, fruit-pickers, ball-guests
Place
A Russian country house and St Petersburg
Time
1920 - 1940