Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky, P. I., út 22 dub 2014, Od (2014/2014), Režie Lubor Cukr, Dirigent Petr Chromčák, Slezské divadlo, Opava, Czech Republic

The premiere of the opera Eugene Onegin will be performed by the opera company on February 23, 2014. The most popular opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was created with the subtitle "lyrical scenes in three acts". The libretto for the opera was written based on Pushkin's novel in verse by Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky, who tried to preserve as many literal quotations from Pushkin as possible. Thanks to him, we find entire scenes taken from the novel in the opera. The libretto was not typical for an opera, and Tchaikovsky did not originally intend to write the work for the theater. Nevertheless, an impressive opera was created, full of excellent melodies that underline Pushkin's poetry. The musical composition has the great expressive and sound possibilities of a romantic opera with large choral scenes, emotional arias and ballet numbers.