Vinogradov Georgi sings Eugen Onegin Lensky Aria 1945

[rainerh1938]

Lensky aria is quite long and sung by others sometimes boaring. But Vinogradov's rendition is very fascinating to the end and extremely beautiful. Thank you for posting this beauty! Rainer

[francesca7564]

Très belle et sensible interprétation ...

Merci pour le post .

[MrSkylark1]

Very touching, beautiful tone, fragility threaded throughout. Lemeshev is exciting, a brilliant diamond while Vinogradov is a rare Alexandrite, both symbolic of

the Art of Bel Canto .

[arpeggio1358]

What a beautiful and delicate performance!

[AriaLenskovo]

Truly haunting. He senses the inevitability of his fate. Thank you for sharing this.

[riverhouse2007]

I think that Vinogradov had in mind a re-working of the Pierrot pathos and tragedy here: the sweet little guy who faces his death over and over again in performance after performance, and the pain never lessens. And he does it totally in the music; I understand not a word of Russian, yet can understand every inflection. An extraordinary performance.

[LHaritonov]

@riverhouse2007 Agree!... Hm as far as I know, Eugeny Onegin (by A. Pushkin) was published in English language as well... So we can just find this Lensky part there... )))

[riverhouse2007]

@LHaritonov

It was published in English as a novel, but I have not seen the opera libretto in English.

[LHaritonov]

@riverhouse2007 The lyrics are identical in both...

[riverhouse2007]

@LHaritonov Oh, that's good.

[manrico29]

The most moving interpretation of this aria I have ever heard.

[bodiloto]

stupenda interpretazione,sublime Vinogradov grazie !

[abracadabranque]

@bodiloto Et oui,c'est bien..!Salut,Nicola!

[LHaritonov]

Yes, I must admit that Vinogradov sings that aria better than Lemeshev... It was a tough decision...)))

[mltube]

This is in a class of itself. Nobody does it better. One may feel that Vinogradov understates Lensky's mood swings, but the singer disliked any histrionics, preferring to reach the listener through tone and phrasing. Compared to Lemeshev, it is more fragile Lensky, and if Lemeshevs character does not really believe that is going to die, despite all that posturing, the Vinogradovs does :-)

[riverhouse2007]

Yes, Mltube, I agree. That long note in the last phrase . . . it touches my heart every time I hear it.

[Kievest]

A truly hauntingly delicate performance

of touching intimacy and devastating

effect! A sweet vulnerability as the

young Lensky faces his doom! Perfect

diction and musicality delivered with

a beautiful voice! Thank you for this

treasured posting!!

[petrof4056]

très très intéressant! je me demande s'il a étudié à la même école que Lemeshev (sobinov) car il a un style vraiment différent, ou c'est peut-être une preuve de forte personnalité.

Très bon interprétation bien qu'on atteint pas le niveau imbattable de Lemeshev.

Merci beaucoup!!

[riverhouse2007]

Vinogradov studied at Kazan State Conservatory and Kazan Opera Studio in the early/mid 1930s. In the 1930s he also took private singing lessons while at the Military Academy of Communications, Moscow (which he dropped out of). However the greatest influence on him, I believe, was probably singing in a church choir in Kazan - most likely at Kazan cathedral. In the 1940s he studied with Valeria Vladimirovna Barsova, a Bolshoi opera soprano.