Offer,Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Mariusz Kwiecień (Eugene Onegin), Tatiana Monogarova (Tatiana), Makvala Kasrashvili (Madame Larina), Margarita Mamsirova (Olga), Emma Sarkisyan (La nourrice), Andrey Dunaev (Lenski), Anatolij Kotscherga (Prince Gremin) & Valery Gilmanov (Zaretski)

Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi...

Concepts apart, what Dmitri Tcherniakov brings to this Bolshoi production is an almost Chekhovian attention to detail… Tcherniakov’s singers reward him with some remarkable performances. Tatiana... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Picture and Sound) More…

Release Date: 22nd Nov 2019
Catalogue No: BAC446
Label: Bel Air Classiques

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Mariusz Kwiecień (Eugene Onegin), Tatiana Monogarova (Tatiana), Makvala Kasrashvili (Madame Larina), Margarita Mamsirova (Olga), Emma Sarkisyan (La nourrice), Andrey Dunaev (Lenski), Anatolij Kotscherga (Prince Gremin) & Valery Gilmanov (Zaretski)
Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre
Alexander Vedernikov (conductor), Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage direction)

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Costumes: Maria Danilova

Lighting design: Gleb Filshtinsky

Three romantic heroes each with a solitary destiny: Tatiana, a Romanesque young woman seeking absolution, Onegin, a distant dandy hiding emptiness under affected haughtiness, and Lenski, abandoned by his literary idol. Between these three, barren affections presage the inexorable social ruin. All the resources of the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow are brought to bear to ensure this opera performance is exceptional evening of theatre and song: a vocal line-up of the highest order with notably the baritone Mariusz Kwiecien and the Bolshoi Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Alexander Vedernikov. With a stage setting as sombre as it is effective - a great dining table appears in the middle of a salon - the director Dmitri Tcherniakov separates two different worlds and lends the drama a clarity rarely reached. The exceptional quality of this production, and the great success encountered by its first edition on DVD, inevitably led to the remastering in high-definition of this program to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its original release. It is now and for the first time also available on DVD Video.

Recorded in HD at the Palais Garnier, Paris, in 2009

TV direction: Chloé Perlemuter

Running time: 176 min.

Film: 150 min.

Bonus: Onegin at the Palais Garnier (26 min)

Libretto: FR / ANG / ALL

Original language: RUSSIAN

Subtitles: FR / ENG / GER / ITA / SPA / JP / KOR

Video: Colour, 16/9, NTSC

Audio: PCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1

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Soloists, Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre, Alexander Vedernikov (conductor), Dmitri Tcherniakov (stage direction)

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March 2020

Concepts apart, what Dmitri Tcherniakov brings to this Bolshoi production is an almost Chekhovian attention to detail… Tcherniakov’s singers reward him with some remarkable performances. Tatiana Monogarova is deeply affecting as Tatiana both vocally and dramatically…The saturninely handsome Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecień is quite simply the best Onegin around at present.

March 2020

Kwiecień is a magnetic Onegin, cold, aloof and wonderfully laconic, his smooth baritone adding to his allure. Tatiana Monogarova is ideal as her namesake, with a lovely creamy quality to her soprano...Alexander Vedernikov draws excellent playing from his Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. It’s certainly worth seeing this staging and, with such excellent vocal performances, it bears repeated listening at the very least.

January 2020

Alexander Vedernikov draws excellent playing from the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and the Chorus sings splendidly... If you're looking for a highly inventive...production of this Tchaikovsky masterpiece, this new one from Bel Air Classiques won't let you down

Opera Now February 2020

Mariusz Kwiecień’s Onegin unravels to reveal passion beneath the cool exterior, his baritone fitting the theatre superbly. Tatiana Monogarova’s shy heroine quivers with suppressed passions, wonderfully caught on film, and her dignity as a princess is astounding. Alexander Vedernikov’s conducting underlines the gloom at the centre of the piece, and he knows when and how to unleash the orchestra to maximum effect; the chorus is outstanding.

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