"...(Onegin) Heaven sent me and until the fall I will be your guardian. You must abandon for me your house and your fashionable life. There is no other way. Onegin, I won't give in. You can't refuse. I must remain loyal to my vows. You must abandone everything for me. His desperation touched the most profound part of me. But what must be done will know to triumph over my feelings. I'm going. No! Enough! Obey me! No I won't give in! I love you! Leave me! I love you! Goodbye forever!
What do I hear? What word did you pronounce? What happiness! You are my life! I find again the Titiana from yesterday.
No! I can't go back! I belong to someone else! My destiny is fixed and I will be loyal to him!
Don't chase me! You love me, I won't leave you again. You are going to ruin your life. God wanted it, you are mine. All your life tended towards our union
"Happiness was possible, so close... But my destiny is fixed without a return. I'm married and you must, I beg you, leave me.
Leave you? But how? No! To see you all times, to follow you everywhere, to be the loving testimony of a smile, of a look, of a motion, to listen to you, to understand your perfection, to live before you of impassioned torments until my death, here is my happiness. Here is my only dream, my only happiness!
" (onegin) My God! Is it possible that in my humble prayer that your cold glare only seizes contemptible machinations? Your reproach torments me. If you knew how terrible it is to suffer from love, from reasoning in vain in order to calm the agitation of the blood, from desiring to hug your knees and, crying at your feet, to let flow the prayers, the wishes, and al that I feel again!
I am crying!
Cry! These tears are to me more dear than all the treasures of the world.
"In another time, in this lost countryside, far from the fashionable vanities, I didn't please you. So why then are you pursuing me now? Why are you noticing me? Is it because I am part of the bigger world now, because I am rich, esteemed, and married to an admired man who won the love of the court? Is it because my shame would be seen by all the world and give you worth in society, an enviable reputation?
Have pity on me! I made a mistake, I've been punished well enough!
Onegin! I was younger then, I was better, it seems to me, and I loved you, but what did I fined in your heart? What response? Only rigor. The love of a humble adolescent wasn't new to you. Still today my blood turns to ice at the memory of your cold glare and from this confession. But I don't accuse you. You acted as an honest man and you were right to do so...."
@bodiloto Я не знаю где записывали Этот спектакль ,но это постановка МetOpera.Жаль,Вы,наверное, не видели последнюю постановку Большого "Евгений Онегин",тогда бы Вы поняли, что я имела ввиду."Большой" уже давно не БОЛЬШОЙ,это -уже просто символ,,пустой.
Tchaikovsky hit this nail on the head, especially in this last scene. We all know that he was gay and unable to relate to women on a sexual level, or even perhaps on a personal one. He held back his music to allow his singers to express their love and anguish, as well as Tatiana's contempt...mixed with love and sex.
It was easy for this composer to "go overboard" with drama and a (very) large and bombastic sound framework. I'm sure he was aware of this when he wrote this magnificent music.
@sanjosemike Tchaikovsky was not gay. That's rumor and propaganda of homosexualism that fills american and western society. No wonder, 40% of american men have homosexual experience. Tchaikovsky was married on a woman and had sexual relations with her. That bullshit about his homosexuality was passed to american society by one immigrant from Russia to USA in 19 century. She said that Tchaikovsky had a few friends from high society that were gays.Her statement was enough for american mass media.
@AlexanderTch Actually, you're wrong. Here is a URL that discusses this issue with good
clarity: //rictornorton.co.uk/tchaikov.htm
There's nothing wrong with being gay. Tchaikovsky was a complex person who faced a severely homophobic world around him. It could not have been easy. sanjosemike
Hvorostovsky is brilliant and natural in this scene, but she....
Her Russian diction, and, more important, mistakes in stress lead to incorrect musical intonation and crush the spirit of Tchaikovsky's music.
Also, text here is not just libretto text, it's based on Pushkin poetry and is extremely important.
With hew beautiful voice and passion she COULD make brilliant Tatiana if pay attention to text and how to intonate it. But, sorry, I don't beleive she undestands what she is singing about.
@TheGl124 Fleming's Russian isn't perfect, but it's a whole lot better than the great Placido Domingo's when he's singing Lensky. Musically both are perfect (I actually prefer Domingo to Gedda with his perfect Russian), as, of course, is Hvorostovsky.
Gabba02 could you send me please the subtitle in french? I have recently downloaded this opera but it has german subtitle and I don't understand a thing. Or can anyone tell me where can I find a french or english subtitle to download from?
Honestly, I think the 'clumsiness' works well, as I think it suggests Onegin finally allowing his 'cool' calculated facade to finally slip altogether (whereas before we have only glimpsed cracks in the veneer), revealing the desperate 'human' side of himself that does in fact need love or at least someone other than himself alone. The awkward grasping suggests to these eyes that his emotional side is almost atrophied from lack of use, so to speak.
OMG! Between both Fleming and Hvorostovky's voices and performances, this scene stands out as opera at it's finest! Thank you sooo much for posting this!
Something's wrong with me... this Hvorostovsky dude is old enough to be my father and I'm developing a fangirl crush for him... there is just something rly hot about him... anyway, love this scene, it made me cry.
@Gothigraphic Hvorostovsky was born in 1962. If he's old enough to be your grandfather, you must be very, VERY young. :-) In any case, beyond his fame for his beautiful baritone voice, he's known for his good looks...and his prematurely silver hair.
I saw this clip on television shortly with my Mother shortly before she died. She was sick and week but still swept away by the beauty as was I. What a thrill this still I'd now.
Thanks for the comment. Imagine seeing this clip and being transported in so many ways... Artistically Triumphant, Spiritually Moving and My Mother's spirit at my side. Thanks for understanding!
I've seen this opera many times. It' about the love which none of them can really bring to an achievment even if they love each other deeply. Very sad. The voices are great. Dmitri at his best, and Renee fine as always.
Amo esta opera y el final, es un conjunto de emociones que estos dos grandes cantantes transmiten muy bien. Hermosas voces. Bravo!!!! Dmitri. Bravo!!!! Fleming
Recently saw Hampson and Mattila in Onegin at the Met last month. It was an awesome experience and I've since purchased this performance on DVD which I too treasure. Superb singing and watching these two you truly believe they're in love!
The conclusion is so reminiscent of Pushkin's verse; "She goes. He stands in desolation as if by thunder struck. In what a sudden tempest of sensation his heart ungovernably caught!"
If i was singing the role of Tatiana wouldn' t be able to resist to this amazing , irresistible Onegin !!! What a man and definitely , it is one of the few times i see a real Onegin , full of passionate love , no comparison with the classical " cool " Russian baritones who sang this role !
I've seen the current production of this at the Met with Thomas Hampson and Karita Mattila and it was absolutely AMAZING! This is one of my favorite scenes. I was almost in tears from 4:30 to 5:35
wow...they really broke the budget with the staging!! hahah. I can't believe the MET of all places would go for such hideous staging of an opera which a creative designer could really make something of.
Hvorostovsky is a decent Onegin, i find his acting wooden at times though. He does seem to be improving. Vocally he is always secure.
As for Renee, very good for her first Russian opera live but she doesn't really do it for me. Well sung, but not excellent.
Well, if you knew anything of the story, you'd know that the minimalist staging of this scene is meant to reflect the emptiness of Tatiana's life. Even the movies made of this story often have minimal furniture.
Tchaikovsky was a master. Art does not get much better than this. DH and RF work so closely together it is like two gears in a Swiss watch. One has to wonder how far their personal intimacy goes.... How else could they work so magnificently together?
I must add: I applaud RF in reaching out to Russia, artistically. Russia and the West need to be friends, not enemies. The politicians of the two spheres must learn from the obvious friendship of these two artists.
Can someone post the entire opera with the english subtitles? My siblings are having issues w/ just the french subtitles and I really want them to experience the beautiful literature. Plus, I've been playing the role of interpreter (I saw a the version of this w/ the english on TV and remember most of it). And the whole opera isn't here, if someone were to post it I would be immensely grateful.
such a wonderful opera, based on such a wonderful novel!
it´s a really interesting thing about puschkin´s "onegin", his (puschkin´s) life and friends, the lost last chapters ... and it´s an interesting thing what that novel did to tschaikowski: feeling with tatjana, he, the gay man, married a woman, which wrote him love letters...
Man, Eugene Onegin is such a girls' opera. He rejected me, but then he fell for me! Too bad I'm a princess now and I don't have time for your arrogant ass!
I'm oversimplifying, of course; it's a tragedy. But still. This is a lovely performance, even though I don't really care for Renee Fleming. Hvorostovsky is a sex god. Mmm.
Yes, thank you for your comments. The opera was premiered in 1879, a fact of which I was already well aware. It was of course the style of singing from Hvorostovsky and Fleming in this clip on which I was commenting. Maybe you should get out more!
It's great, all of it. Like a return to the 40s or 50s. Fantastic to know such great singing's still going on, in spite of everything (!). And that high G of Hvorostovsky's at the end may not be technically perfect (although it's pretty damn good, in my humble opinion!) but it's full of the most immense sentiment and passion. Technique is a means to an end. Great actors use their instruments for truth. When singers do likewise, it's amazing. Thank you so much for posting it.
The only thing that bothers me about this amazing performance, is Hvorostovsky's final note. He didn't start on the right note when the orchestra was silent, and ends up being quite sharp on the final note. I mean, he's still amazing, but I thought I'd comment on that.
Boooring. The singing is terrible especially Renee Fleming with all the scooping and swooning. What a mess. The acting and the staging is pretty awful.
The last few seconds of the scene crush me entirely...the fact that the subtitles are basically just left out as he keeps singing, "I love you, I love you" to her over and over again before she leaves breaks my heart every time. The music, the acting, and the singing are all just too beautiful-- like someone said, this production definitely "spoiled" Onegin for me. Nothing can ever match this. <3
seriously, and feel free to back me up on this: when dmitri hvorostovsky is saying that he loves you and wants you to leave the person you're with, you don't protest, you don't ask questions, you just go.
Tatiyana tells Onegin that he refused her love and now he only wants her because of her noblity. They go back and fourth professing there love. Tatiyana says she must be faithful Gremin.
For a brief moment Tatiyana says she loves Onegin again, this is what sparks Onegin to be left alone is deep despair as the ending comes near she says "farewell forever" and Onegin is left on the stage saying, "Shame...Misery....Oh, wretched fate!" as the curtain drops as we drops to his knees as well.
Tatiyana tells Onegin that he refused her love and now he only wants her because of her noblity. They go back and fourth professing there love. Tatiyana says she must be faithful Gremin.
For a brief moment Tatiyana says she loves Onegin again, this is what sparks Onegin to be left alone is deep despair as the ending comes near she says "farewell forever" and Onegin is left on the stage saying, "Shame...Misery....Oh, wretched fate!" as the curtain drops as we drops to his knees as well.
Tatiyana tells Onegin that he refused her love and now he only wants her because of her noblity. They go back and fourth professing there love. Tatiyana says she must be faithful Gremin.
For a brief moment Tatiyana says she loves Onegin again, this is what sparks Onegin to be left alone is deep despair as the ending comes near she says "farewell forever" and Onegin is left on the stage saying, "Shame...Misery....Oh, wretched fate!" as the curtain drops as we drops to his knees as well.
I am flying Friday to Chicago and will see him in Onegin.This is my first time to see him personally. I saw Onegin number of times in Prague as a teenager. Now I just retired and will be spending my time traveling with my daughters to see different operas. Saturday we are seeing Barber of Seville with J.D.Florez. Can't wait.
I live in Chicago and saw him too! The Lyric, right? I thought he was wonderful, so much more wonderful in person. CDs and videos can only convey so much, but seeing him live was sublime.
Yes at Lyric on Friday - his last performance. We flew in from Akron,OH. He was awesome. Lots of people said that he is arrogant, but to us he was very friendly. Laughing and joking - saying: smile, girls,smile - as we were taking picture with him. It was unforgetable experience. We will fly to see him in Masked ball in New York - April 19th. Can't wait.
To realize one's faults...tragic. Pushkin IS brilliant and Valery Gergiev has the soul to bring out the best emotions with the tempo at the denouement. Brava, Fleming! Bravo Hvorostovsky!
It is so very pity that you all cannot understand the poetry in russian way! Both genious Pushkin and Chaykovsky! Outstanding!!! To such pity it is untranslateble!
Eh, sometimes I think that Eugene deserves it. Of course, I always feel sadness for Tatyana. As soon as she is in a happy marriage, the apathetic coward comes back and confuses her with his sudden found love. Annoying of him, I think.
Thank you everybody for sharing! I've listened to this performance live on the radio (from Argentina!) and was dying to find it on DVD or whatever means of seeing it. They are absolutely perfect, beautiful, powerful actors, sublime singers, they moved me to tears. I love Dmitri since the first time I listened to him and now I love Rene as well.
Absolutely divine. The perfect role for Fleming. And apparently because she didn't know Russian, there were no opportunities to over-inflect and over-interpret. Dimitri beyond words -- as the greatest operatic performances must be, but so few are.
Isn't it one of the most impressive examples of operatic singing in the last decades? I know we all tend to favour the older singers, but in this case we must give in: Fleming and Hvorostovsky sang and acted like true legendary artists.
I don't think even Vishnevskaya could move me MORE than Fleming in this scene, both for vocal beauty, expressivity and refinement. And Hvorostovsky is the ideal Onegin, such a polished sound and strong interpretation!
Man, oh man, why didn't I get my tickets for this when I had the chance!! This guy is my hero! What a fantastic display of true operatic talent here. I hope they come out with a DVD of this performance soon. That way, I won't feel as bad.
Are any of you aware of a way to acquire a video of this production or any of the other simulcast performances? I was lucky enough to see this Onegin at the Met and in the cinema 2x, but our Erie PBS channel carries only Groben and Bocelli! Arrrrgh!
The Met may actually be releasing this on DVD. They are negotiating with the different unions and singers contractual obligations, etc. I know what you mean my local PBS station doesn't offer this either.
It doesnt touch me either...possibly because she isnt that kind of a singer? I dont know, but it feels as isf she might be trying to impose some kind of control? Reading her book, she comes through as a controlling kind of person. I am not personally fond of the slow tempi and the rubato is too much for my taste, over and over breaking the beat? Perhaps a question of taste...to some extent?
Hvorostovsky fans I encourage you to listen to Nicolae Herlea. For a long time I thought DH was the pinnicle of baritones, until I heard Herlea. Listen to his Prologue from Pagliacci and you'll be converted. He has an even better top an more richness the DH if that's possible!
Alas no. They have a clip of him doing "o maria" here. DH actually named Pavel as a huge influence for him, you can hear it as well. Very smooth delivery.
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relike868p 2 months ago
I thought she was russian until i found out she's american :)
such a perfect voice
krabl 3 months ago
I like more the movie Onegin 1958. Vishnevskaya is absolutely perfect singing for Tat'yana
svit33 5 months ago
What humiliation! What sadness! What lamentable fate!
LaVieVite 5 months ago
LaVieVite 5 months ago
"Don't you still have any pride or honor anymore?
I can't leave you!
You have to, Onegin.
Pity!
Why lie... I love you!
What do I hear? What word did you pronounce? What happiness! You are my life! I find again the Titiana from yesterday.
No! I can't go back! I belong to someone else! My destiny is fixed and I will be loyal to him!
Don't chase me! You love me, I won't leave you again. You are going to ruin your life. God wanted it, you are mine. All your life tended towards our union
LaVieVite 5 months ago
"Happiness was possible, so close... But my destiny is fixed without a return. I'm married and you must, I beg you, leave me.
Leave you? But how? No! To see you all times, to follow you everywhere, to be the loving testimony of a smile, of a look, of a motion, to listen to you, to understand your perfection, to live before you of impassioned torments until my death, here is my happiness. Here is my only dream, my only happiness!
LaVieVite 5 months ago
" (onegin) My God! Is it possible that in my humble prayer that your cold glare only seizes contemptible machinations? Your reproach torments me. If you knew how terrible it is to suffer from love, from reasoning in vain in order to calm the agitation of the blood, from desiring to hug your knees and, crying at your feet, to let flow the prayers, the wishes, and al that I feel again!
I am crying!
Cry! These tears are to me more dear than all the treasures of the world.
LaVieVite 5 months ago
"In another time, in this lost countryside, far from the fashionable vanities, I didn't please you. So why then are you pursuing me now? Why are you noticing me? Is it because I am part of the bigger world now, because I am rich, esteemed, and married to an admired man who won the love of the court? Is it because my shame would be seen by all the world and give you worth in society, an enviable reputation?
LaVieVite 5 months ago
"...and when, humbly, I listened to your lesson?
Have pity on me! I made a mistake, I've been punished well enough!
Onegin! I was younger then, I was better, it seems to me, and I loved you, but what did I fined in your heart? What response? Only rigor. The love of a humble adolescent wasn't new to you. Still today my blood turns to ice at the memory of your cold glare and from this confession. But I don't accuse you. You acted as an honest man and you were right to do so...."
LaVieVite 5 months ago
funny face at 7.45-7.47
JAGEVISE2012 6 months ago
heartbreaking....
DuoContinuo 7 months ago
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Opera in Russian is a punishment for the ears. The best operas in the world are written in GERMAN!
FromUSAwithLove 7 months ago
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Gryundiazler 7 months ago
She is great and for russian speaking, responsible for each word!
ekszentrikful 9 months ago
For a not russian speaking singer Fleming is perfect - responsible for each word!
anstasia189 10 months ago
Росто невероятная "химия" между певцами....
- Счастье было так возможно...так....близко...
Спасибо за эмоции!!!
Tamilapersik 11 months ago
Must say Khvorostovsky is the best Onegin of our time.
zhadinagovyadina 1 year ago
Это-лучшая постановка "Евгения Онегина"!!!!Хворостовский,Флеминг,Варгас -лучшие!!!!Спасибо MetOpera!!!! "БОЛЬШОЙ"-ОТДЫХАЕТ!!!
MsMrsHerbert 1 year ago
@MsMrsHerbert etot spektak iz Parije,Bastille...q byil na spektaklq 3 raza.
Eto ne Met.
Boloshoi tetr ostaiotsq vsio taki BOLSHOI TETR!
Nu q uslyi shal luchshee izpolneniq,nu eto fantastika chto etot spektakl Vam nravitsq!
bodiloto 8 months ago
@bodiloto Я не знаю где записывали Этот спектакль ,но это постановка МetOpera.Жаль,Вы,наверное, не видели последнюю постановку Большого "Евгений Онегин",тогда бы Вы поняли, что я имела ввиду."Большой" уже давно не БОЛЬШОЙ,это -уже просто символ,,пустой.
MsMrsHerbert 8 months ago
@MsMrsHerbert niet,q jivu v Parije,a dlq menq Vashi slova zvuchat tak grustno... jal !
bodiloto 8 months ago
Tchaikovsky hit this nail on the head, especially in this last scene. We all know that he was gay and unable to relate to women on a sexual level, or even perhaps on a personal one. He held back his music to allow his singers to express their love and anguish, as well as Tatiana's contempt...mixed with love and sex.
It was easy for this composer to "go overboard" with drama and a (very) large and bombastic sound framework. I'm sure he was aware of this when he wrote this magnificent music.
sanjosemike 1 year ago
@sanjosemike Tchaikovsky was not gay. That's rumor and propaganda of homosexualism that fills american and western society. No wonder, 40% of american men have homosexual experience. Tchaikovsky was married on a woman and had sexual relations with her. That bullshit about his homosexuality was passed to american society by one immigrant from Russia to USA in 19 century. She said that Tchaikovsky had a few friends from high society that were gays.Her statement was enough for american mass media.
AlexanderTch 10 months ago
@AlexanderTch Actually, you're wrong. Here is a URL that discusses this issue with good
clarity: //rictornorton.co.uk/tchaikov.htm
There's nothing wrong with being gay. Tchaikovsky was a complex person who faced a severely homophobic world around him. It could not have been easy. sanjosemike
sanjosemike 10 months ago
Hvorostovsky is brilliant and natural in this scene, but she....
Her Russian diction, and, more important, mistakes in stress lead to incorrect musical intonation and crush the spirit of Tchaikovsky's music.
Also, text here is not just libretto text, it's based on Pushkin poetry and is extremely important.
With hew beautiful voice and passion she COULD make brilliant Tatiana if pay attention to text and how to intonate it. But, sorry, I don't beleive she undestands what she is singing about.
TheGl124 1 year ago
@TheGl124 Fleming's Russian isn't perfect, but it's a whole lot better than the great Placido Domingo's when he's singing Lensky. Musically both are perfect (I actually prefer Domingo to Gedda with his perfect Russian), as, of course, is Hvorostovsky.
ArthurKaletzky 11 months ago
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olbel 1 year ago
quel perfection. tellement beau
ericsteve86 1 year ago
I'm so glad other people have posted how much they love Hvorostovsky, becuase I think he's AMAZING, too. :)
This is my favorite opera, EVER. It's such a beautiful story and it makes me cry every time. :)
shaeadele33 1 year ago
Gabba02 could you send me please the subtitle in french? I have recently downloaded this opera but it has german subtitle and I don't understand a thing. Or can anyone tell me where can I find a french or english subtitle to download from?
laurachiorean 1 year ago
HVOROSTOVSKY IS GREAT SINGER AND EVEN MORE!
po1212Po 1 year ago 3
Listen to this, especially at like 4 minute mark, with your eyes closed. It's so amazing and beautiful
OriPrior66 1 year ago
I don't understand a word of Russian. But Fleming's accent sounds weirdly convincing.
CarricThura 1 year ago
such good meaning...
seaweedlover2 1 year ago
One of Flemming's best performances.
dermotafan 1 year ago
i think the singing is flawless, but the fumbling about the floor at the end looks clumsy rather than dramatic.
jrr1234567890 2 years ago
Honestly, I think the 'clumsiness' works well, as I think it suggests Onegin finally allowing his 'cool' calculated facade to finally slip altogether (whereas before we have only glimpsed cracks in the veneer), revealing the desperate 'human' side of himself that does in fact need love or at least someone other than himself alone. The awkward grasping suggests to these eyes that his emotional side is almost atrophied from lack of use, so to speak.
aswallom 2 years ago 5
i just saw hvorostocky live at the royal festival hall, it was a wonderful evening, and he sang brilliantly.
jrr1234567890 2 years ago
too bad he sings so sharp at the end.
dorbarn 2 years ago
Quelle magnifique scène : la perfection !!
Merci d'avoir mis les sous-titres en français !
jackylen57 2 years ago
I love this in all but can some put the sub titles in English ?
MCastillo9 2 years ago
adieu à tout jamais
farewell forever quelle humiliation! quelle tristesse! quel lamentable sort..., what humiliation, what sadness, what a lamentable fate
jrr1234567890 2 years ago
OMG! Between both Fleming and Hvorostovky's voices and performances, this scene stands out as opera at it's finest! Thank you sooo much for posting this!
operagirl53 2 years ago 9
Both of them are perfect in this scene.
PRoperafan 2 years ago 25
Something's wrong with me... this Hvorostovsky dude is old enough to be my father and I'm developing a fangirl crush for him... there is just something rly hot about him... anyway, love this scene, it made me cry.
Gothigraphic 2 years ago 57
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Olympicgardens 2 years ago
Same here!!! The emotion he potrays is just magic......this scene moved me 2 tears......Renee's good too. Good combination.
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your crying depends only on this fantastic music and for sure not on those boring actors!
susgue70 2 years ago
@Gothigraphic A man in his prime is very alluring, and Hvorostovsky is not old, born 1962.
emeboteerf 2 years ago 2
@emeboteerf I agree with you. He is a young man.
73MusicLover 2 years ago
@Gothigraphic Yes, he is hot :)
classicalgal14 1 year ago
@Gothigraphic Hvorostovsky was born in 1962. If he's old enough to be your grandfather, you must be very, VERY young. :-) In any case, beyond his fame for his beautiful baritone voice, he's known for his good looks...and his prematurely silver hair.
davidhalldurham 1 year ago
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jelbrown85 1 year ago
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jelbrown85 1 year ago
que bueno esta el dmitri!!!! pa chuparse los dedos hahahahaha
cantanteporsiempre 2 years ago
This is such art.
meriomeri 2 years ago 7
They -best of the best!!!
felixdeaflores 2 years ago 10
Великолепно!!!!
felixdeaflores 2 years ago 2
her russian is great!!!!!
bbahyt 2 years ago 4
However, I can not understand, why does he sing with non-Russian prononciation?? Sonds very funny from Hvorostovskiy's side:-))
glazunmi 2 years ago
Really magical, simply beautiful! Thank you Gabba02 !
77Opera 2 years ago
This opera is great, with Hvorostovsky it`s brilliant)
RichTomato 2 years ago 2
I saw this clip on television shortly with my Mother shortly before she died. She was sick and week but still swept away by the beauty as was I. What a thrill this still I'd now.
chocolatesouljah 2 years ago
What a moving comment chocolatesouljah !
lamsalgado 2 years ago
Thanks for the comment. Imagine seeing this clip and being transported in so many ways... Artistically Triumphant, Spiritually Moving and My Mother's spirit at my side. Thanks for understanding!
chocolatesouljah 2 years ago
Замечательный дуэт! Браво!
tlz16 2 years ago 3
wonderful, but can someone out there please put the full part of the final scene on utube
shirleycritch 2 years ago
Как можно переводить оперу,ее слушать надо,спасибо большое!!!
Armaturchik 2 years ago 2
I've seen this opera many times. It' about the love which none of them can really bring to an achievment even if they love each other deeply. Very sad. The voices are great. Dmitri at his best, and Renee fine as always.
zahraone 2 years ago 5
They are great, but as Oniegin I prefer Mariusz Kwiecień.
ada15 2 years ago
@ada15 agree with you.. Mariusz is very much better than хворостовский
vinllga 1 year ago
This is simply gorgeous. I can't even express.
npmezzo89 2 years ago 3
This is what opera is all about!!! Here are two singers at the top of their vocal "forms." What emotion and understanding of the text and music!!
4lebenbaum 2 years ago 2
Amo esta opera y el final, es un conjunto de emociones que estos dos grandes cantantes transmiten muy bien. Hermosas voces. Bravo!!!! Dmitri. Bravo!!!! Fleming
MARISOLDELMONACO 3 years ago 2
Perfection.
Recently saw Hampson and Mattila in Onegin at the Met last month. It was an awesome experience and I've since purchased this performance on DVD which I too treasure. Superb singing and watching these two you truly believe they're in love!
The conclusion is so reminiscent of Pushkin's verse; "She goes. He stands in desolation as if by thunder struck. In what a sudden tempest of sensation his heart ungovernably caught!"
00MangoPapaya 3 years ago 2
my eyebrow hairs are standing on end.
bachboy111 3 years ago
Я плакал сладостно, Дмитревский, в первый раз
Твой сердцу сродственный, волшебный слыша глас,
Трепеща, спровождал твое рукодвиженье,
Всесильно быстрое делил обвороженье
Неудовольственной и ропщущей любви
Иль стужу ужаса, лиющусь по крови.
karrathe 3 years ago
Dmitri Hvorostovsky owns this role.
AtlasShrugged2005 3 years ago 5
God... So sad! Beautiful and tragic.
evilsushix 3 years ago
If i was singing the role of Tatiana wouldn' t be able to resist to this amazing , irresistible Onegin !!! What a man and definitely , it is one of the few times i see a real Onegin , full of passionate love , no comparison with the classical " cool " Russian baritones who sang this role !
Phaidra69 3 years ago
I've seen the current production of this at the Met with Thomas Hampson and Karita Mattila and it was absolutely AMAZING! This is one of my favorite scenes. I was almost in tears from 4:30 to 5:35
whatsreallyhoodbitch 3 years ago 2
they must be exhausted after a scene like that! those are artists working hard for their audience. truly extraordinary.
yourengland 3 years ago 2
Dimitri Rules! I can see the real version of Onegin. Very interesting! The role is for him!
liebestod11 3 years ago
Such music, such poetry, such beautiful singing and acting. It brings a tear to my eye.
etcsxy 3 years ago
Doesn't it look like Ms. Fleming was about to fall backward on her last note?
iheartverdi 3 years ago
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wow...they really broke the budget with the staging!! hahah. I can't believe the MET of all places would go for such hideous staging of an opera which a creative designer could really make something of.
Hvorostovsky is a decent Onegin, i find his acting wooden at times though. He does seem to be improving. Vocally he is always secure.
As for Renee, very good for her first Russian opera live but she doesn't really do it for me. Well sung, but not excellent.
operaspark 3 years ago
Well, if you knew anything of the story, you'd know that the minimalist staging of this scene is meant to reflect the emptiness of Tatiana's life. Even the movies made of this story often have minimal furniture.
evilsushix 3 years ago
Tchaikovsky demanded the staging be kept minimalist as he wanted college students to be able to stage it at schools.
salmonroll 3 years ago
Ahh! His last phrase. Beautiful acting and tight listening! Love the simplicity of just one chair too!
SVENSKSOPRAN 3 years ago 2
Tchaikovsky was a master. Art does not get much better than this. DH and RF work so closely together it is like two gears in a Swiss watch. One has to wonder how far their personal intimacy goes.... How else could they work so magnificently together?
I must add: I applaud RF in reaching out to Russia, artistically. Russia and the West need to be friends, not enemies. The politicians of the two spheres must learn from the obvious friendship of these two artists.
znamrennug 3 years ago 6
Dmitri Hvorostovsky really is a wonderful actor!
JeeRant 3 years ago 3
Can someone post the entire opera with the english subtitles? My siblings are having issues w/ just the french subtitles and I really want them to experience the beautiful literature. Plus, I've been playing the role of interpreter (I saw a the version of this w/ the english on TV and remember most of it). And the whole opera isn't here, if someone were to post it I would be immensely grateful.
basf1123 3 years ago
You can buy the DVD of Eugene Onegin from PBS's store, from Great Performances, and it has the english subtitles on it I believe.
MisanthropeIV 3 years ago
such a wonderful opera, based on such a wonderful novel!
it´s a really interesting thing about puschkin´s "onegin", his (puschkin´s) life and friends, the lost last chapters ... and it´s an interesting thing what that novel did to tschaikowski: feeling with tatjana, he, the gay man, married a woman, which wrote him love letters...
kikuyiru 3 years ago
Lensky was crap in this performance (I mean Vargas).
babajaga39 3 years ago
Man, Eugene Onegin is such a girls' opera. He rejected me, but then he fell for me! Too bad I'm a princess now and I don't have time for your arrogant ass!
I'm oversimplifying, of course; it's a tragedy. But still. This is a lovely performance, even though I don't really care for Renee Fleming. Hvorostovsky is a sex god. Mmm.
candidnt 3 years ago
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AnnElliot 2 years ago
@ "LetsDoItJohnny1"
Yes, thank you for your comments. The opera was premiered in 1879, a fact of which I was already well aware. It was of course the style of singing from Hvorostovsky and Fleming in this clip on which I was commenting. Maybe you should get out more!
stuggsie 3 years ago
Who is singing the main parts on the DVD?
Does anyone know why the ballet 'Onegin' isn't out on DVD?
balletnut 3 years ago
It's great, all of it. Like a return to the 40s or 50s. Fantastic to know such great singing's still going on, in spite of everything (!). And that high G of Hvorostovsky's at the end may not be technically perfect (although it's pretty damn good, in my humble opinion!) but it's full of the most immense sentiment and passion. Technique is a means to an end. Great actors use their instruments for truth. When singers do likewise, it's amazing. Thank you so much for posting it.
stuggsie 3 years ago
The forties or fifties? The opera was written in the 1870s, and the original novel by Pushkin in the 1830s.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 3 years ago
The singers of the 40s and 50s...
meriomeri 3 years ago
The only thing that bothers me about this amazing performance, is Hvorostovsky's final note. He didn't start on the right note when the orchestra was silent, and ends up being quite sharp on the final note. I mean, he's still amazing, but I thought I'd comment on that.
operagirl89 3 years ago
you are true, but every other great singer has bad moments. it was one of them, but it doesn't spoil his overall performance at all.
babajaga39 3 years ago
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Boooring. The singing is terrible especially Renee Fleming with all the scooping and swooning. What a mess. The acting and the staging is pretty awful.
viverito 3 years ago
GORGEOUS. I've probably watched this scene over 15 times, and i never get sick of it. The last 5 minutes are so heartbreaking.
operagirl89 3 years ago
Hvorostovsky est genial en Onegin!Mais Fleming trop peu passionée pour Tatiana...á mon goùt.
tristan253 3 years ago
The last few seconds of the scene crush me entirely...the fact that the subtitles are basically just left out as he keeps singing, "I love you, I love you" to her over and over again before she leaves breaks my heart every time. The music, the acting, and the singing are all just too beautiful-- like someone said, this production definitely "spoiled" Onegin for me. Nothing can ever match this. <3
calenheniel 3 years ago 9
I agree one million percent! I ordered it on DVD and can't wait to watch it until I wear the poor CD out :)
trekkie2006 3 years ago
seriously, and feel free to back me up on this: when dmitri hvorostovsky is saying that he loves you and wants you to leave the person you're with, you don't protest, you don't ask questions, you just go.
JuillHope17 3 years ago 5
This breaks my heart EVERY TIME! I know she made the right choice, but still, it's so sad! There could not be a better Tatiana or Onegin! <3
operaluvr14 3 years ago 2
I saw this last year when it was broadcast live from the Met.
What a wonderful closing scene! They are simply breathtaking together.
I saw the COC production over the weeekend and it isn't a patch on this incredible production.
Opera lovers everywhere should be so grateful to the Met for putting on these simply amazing live broadcasts
Brunnhilde44 3 years ago 3
The very last minute of this is absolute perfection, completely electrifying. God, it just gives me the goosebumps.
alemerent 3 years ago 4
Fleming's accent is so sweet. Bravo to both of them!
catgreen4 3 years ago
Can anyone PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post this version with English subtitles???????
If you could post it, the world would be indebted to you forever!
kjiukhiy 4 years ago
Tatiyana tells Onegin that he refused her love and now he only wants her because of her noblity. They go back and fourth professing there love. Tatiyana says she must be faithful Gremin.
For a brief moment Tatiyana says she loves Onegin again, this is what sparks Onegin to be left alone is deep despair as the ending comes near she says "farewell forever" and Onegin is left on the stage saying, "Shame...Misery....Oh, wretched fate!" as the curtain drops as we drops to his knees as well.
cwinger10 3 years ago
Tatiyana tells Onegin that he refused her love and now he only wants her because of her noblity. They go back and fourth professing there love. Tatiyana says she must be faithful Gremin.
For a brief moment Tatiyana says she loves Onegin again, this is what sparks Onegin to be left alone is deep despair as the ending comes near she says "farewell forever" and Onegin is left on the stage saying, "Shame...Misery....Oh, wretched fate!" as the curtain drops as we drops to his knees as well.
cwinger10 3 years ago
Tatiyana tells Onegin that he refused her love and now he only wants her because of her noblity. They go back and fourth professing there love. Tatiyana says she must be faithful Gremin.
For a brief moment Tatiyana says she loves Onegin again, this is what sparks Onegin to be left alone is deep despair as the ending comes near she says "farewell forever" and Onegin is left on the stage saying, "Shame...Misery....Oh, wretched fate!" as the curtain drops as we drops to his knees as well.
cwinger10 3 years ago
HEY, Tthere is a whole opera on DVD with engish subtitles.
EVASLO 3 years ago
I am flying Friday to Chicago and will see him in Onegin.This is my first time to see him personally. I saw Onegin number of times in Prague as a teenager. Now I just retired and will be spending my time traveling with my daughters to see different operas. Saturday we are seeing Barber of Seville with J.D.Florez. Can't wait.
jirina42 4 years ago 2
Dmitri does a wonderful job as Onegin. I saw it twice on both March 1st and this Tuesday. Enjoy!
cwinger10 4 years ago
Dmitri was great and afterwards he signed the program for us and took number of pictures with us. He was very friendly. It was great.
jirina42 4 years ago
Lucky you!:)
EVASLO 3 years ago
I live in Chicago and saw him too! The Lyric, right? I thought he was wonderful, so much more wonderful in person. CDs and videos can only convey so much, but seeing him live was sublime.
evangelion53 4 years ago
Yes at Lyric on Friday - his last performance. We flew in from Akron,OH. He was awesome. Lots of people said that he is arrogant, but to us he was very friendly. Laughing and joking - saying: smile, girls,smile - as we were taking picture with him. It was unforgetable experience. We will fly to see him in Masked ball in New York - April 19th. Can't wait.
jirina42 4 years ago
Greatest version ever... Thanks so much for sharing!
54spiritedwill54 4 years ago 2
To realize one's faults...tragic. Pushkin IS brilliant and Valery Gergiev has the soul to bring out the best emotions with the tempo at the denouement. Brava, Fleming! Bravo Hvorostovsky!
monkEE071005 4 years ago
I can't wait to see this with Hvorostovsky, in Chicago, on March 1st :)
cwinger10 4 years ago
I get to see the dress rehearsal for that on Feb. 27th!
LMJ314142 4 years ago
I saw it last night. It was spectacular. Dina Kuznetsova was a wonderful Tatyana as well.
louschiff 4 years ago
absolutely incredible... i'm speechless!!
teresasanders77 4 years ago
It is so very pity that you all cannot understand the poetry in russian way! Both genious Pushkin and Chaykovsky! Outstanding!!! To such pity it is untranslateble!
unobarto 4 years ago
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splair 4 years ago
Oh... poor Onegin and poor Tatiana!
Well, this is not Tristan, they couldn't die together. :(
canafinwe 4 years ago
The ending makes me cry
cwinger10 4 years ago
Eh, sometimes I think that Eugene deserves it. Of course, I always feel sadness for Tatyana. As soon as she is in a happy marriage, the apathetic coward comes back and confuses her with his sudden found love. Annoying of him, I think.
Taskat 4 years ago
I agree.
cwinger10 4 years ago
He did deserve it, and the fact that he realizes it is what make it so brutally ironic. Pushkin was a brilliant man, way ahead of his time.
LetsDoIt4Johnny1 4 years ago 4
I was at the performance of this the weekend before, and honestly, there are no words to describe how amazing it was.
It doesn't get better than this. Period.
FlemingFan4ever 4 years ago 3
oh,lucky you .... i saw this performance on TV ...unforgetable.And DVD IS SOLD OUT ...
EVASLO 4 years ago 2
I can't wait to see them in concert in Chicago in March 08 performing this very opera!
cwinger10 4 years ago
i know they're doing a production at the lyric in march, but hvorostovsky's only in it until the 14th and fleming's not in it at all
burtsbees2 4 years ago
oh yea, i know. I'm seeing it March 1st with hvorostovsky
cwinger10 4 years ago
you are so lucky! i'm completely resolved on seeing it before the 14th
burtsbees2 4 years ago
This is the greatest performance of this I have ever seen or heard! Many thanks for posting it here.
billyguns2 4 years ago
Thank you everybody for sharing! I've listened to this performance live on the radio (from Argentina!) and was dying to find it on DVD or whatever means of seeing it. They are absolutely perfect, beautiful, powerful actors, sublime singers, they moved me to tears. I love Dmitri since the first time I listened to him and now I love Rene as well.
foreverplacido 4 years ago
This DVD will be released next month from Decca.
thefluffycatK 4 years ago
Well thank you so much for the information!
foreverplacido 4 years ago
Great news about the DVD release. Thank you! I've been waiting for its release. I've seen it live in cinema and on PBS broadcast. Breathtaking!
ywawa 4 years ago
i can't wait!
burtsbees2 4 years ago
Absolutely fantastic performanc!
Incomparable!
They deserve the best performance award but there isn't any for opera.
Broadway has Tony and Hollywood has Academy yet none for Met performances.
Why not?
darewolf 4 years ago
Absolutely divine. The perfect role for Fleming. And apparently because she didn't know Russian, there were no opportunities to over-inflect and over-interpret. Dimitri beyond words -- as the greatest operatic performances must be, but so few are.
mandryka2007 4 years ago
Isn't it one of the most impressive examples of operatic singing in the last decades? I know we all tend to favour the older singers, but in this case we must give in: Fleming and Hvorostovsky sang and acted like true legendary artists.
I don't think even Vishnevskaya could move me MORE than Fleming in this scene, both for vocal beauty, expressivity and refinement. And Hvorostovsky is the ideal Onegin, such a polished sound and strong interpretation!
Homoclassicus 4 years ago
Greatest version in the world... Thanks so much for sharing!
andreifan 4 years ago
svensksopran, you do not know what you are talking about...
CHerbek 4 years ago
Don't forget Yuri Mazurock
tenorismo 4 years ago
I can't stand the bloody minimalists sets. Elias. : )
tenorismo 4 years ago
Man, oh man, why didn't I get my tickets for this when I had the chance!! This guy is my hero! What a fantastic display of true operatic talent here. I hope they come out with a DVD of this performance soon. That way, I won't feel as bad.
lynam60 4 years ago
WOW!! This is the most powerful scene I've seen in a live performance! Just AMAZING!
operarts 4 years ago
I love this song an d her voice. its sooo amazing and beautiful. what is the name of this beautiful peice?
ColinMeloy91 4 years ago
Are any of you aware of a way to acquire a video of this production or any of the other simulcast performances? I was lucky enough to see this Onegin at the Met and in the cinema 2x, but our Erie PBS channel carries only Groben and Bocelli! Arrrrgh!
JHGRedekop 4 years ago
The Met may actually be releasing this on DVD. They are negotiating with the different unions and singers contractual obligations, etc. I know what you mean my local PBS station doesn't offer this either.
Alatariel46 4 years ago
It doesnt touch me either...possibly because she isnt that kind of a singer? I dont know, but it feels as isf she might be trying to impose some kind of control? Reading her book, she comes through as a controlling kind of person. I am not personally fond of the slow tempi and the rubato is too much for my taste, over and over breaking the beat? Perhaps a question of taste...to some extent?
SVENSKSOPRAN 4 years ago
I agree with you,SVENSKSOPRAN...
aliosha14 3 years ago
I know Fleming has a great voice but for some reason it doesn't touch me. Maybe it's TOO beautiful?
camillemolina 4 years ago
Hvorostovsky fans I encourage you to listen to Nicolae Herlea. For a long time I thought DH was the pinnicle of baritones, until I heard Herlea. Listen to his Prologue from Pagliacci and you'll be converted. He has an even better top an more richness the DH if that's possible!
bcdoherty82 4 years ago
Have you heard Lisitsian's version of the Pagliacci Prologue?
Gabba02 4 years ago
Alas no. They have a clip of him doing "o maria" here. DH actually named Pavel as a huge influence for him, you can hear it as well. Very smooth delivery.
bcdoherty82 4 years ago
Pavel Lisitsian had one of the most uniquely beautiful voices I've ever heard.
jkircher314 4 years ago