Evguêni Oniéguin by Tchaikovsky, P. I., De (2011/2011), Dirigido por Tamás Pál, Regente Gábor Kardos, Sándor Gyüdi, National Theatre, Szeged, Hungria

The text was written by the composer and Konstantin Silovsky based on Pushkin's verse novel. Translated by Tamás Blum and István Jakabfi Tchaikovsky wrote his opera based on one of the classic works of Russian literature, Pushkin's romantic verse novel of the same name. Yevgeny Anyegin inherits a country house from his deceased uncle and moves there. His friend Lenssky is courting Olga Larina, and one day he takes Anyegin to dinner at her home. Olga's sister, Tatjána, falls in love with Anyegin and writes her a love letter that very night, as the heroines of her favorite French novels would do, but in that age it is quite inappropriate for a woman to do such a thing. Anyegin does not answer her, but later, during a personal meeting, he gently rejects the girl. Years later, when they meet in St. Petersburg, Tatjána is already married, and Anyegin hardly knows her. The man would now court her, but she rejects his approach. "I wrote this opera because one fine day I had a great desire to set to music everything that wanted to be set to music in Anyegin. I worked with indescribable enthusiasm. I am happy to approach any opera where there are no strong and unexpected effects, but there are beings like me who experience the same feelings that I experience and understand.” (Tchaikovsky)