Eugene Onegin, Act 2

[whatsreallyhoodbitch]

Well done! Great effort at this! Eugene Onegin is my favorite opera

[check88it]

The gentleman who plays Lensky is amazing. Everyone in this production is great, but he is amazing. His aria "Kuda, Kuda, Kuda..." was heartbreaking and he sounded like an angel.

*These clips have been helpful cause although I'm an Eugene Onegin enthusiast but I've never gotten a couple of the libretto in english, so while I know what's happening when I listen to other recordings of the opera, it is really helpful to finally listen to a translation!

[Tourvel1912]

His name is Jamie Dahman. He is singing "Kuda, kuda..." in russian in another video from Northwestern, it is really great. I wish him a great career!

[Cr0wsFeet]

Jealous men are such drama queens, though.

[jackpoint188]

Personally I'd rather watch the fine acting and singing while understanding whats being sung than to hear singing in Russian and having my attention distracted by having to read subtitles.

[pietieeeee]

sorry for my bad english,....this ist no amarican music!!!! So why must they make it in a different language?.... Because they are amaricans and they think they can do anything... as you can see in the world politik (irak...).... it is sad! I also dont understand it in russian language, but i have the respect for it....

[cwinger10]

I hate how it's in English, no no no!

[maestrovinicius]

Why should they sing in the origininal if the public speak english? What's the point? Only to be posh? What's the point of the opera than??

Congratulations to Northwestern University! Great Job!! Hope to visit you guys!!!

All the best!!!

[norwaytoday]

I dunno. But I think it's usual practice to perform the opera in the original language and provide subtitles for the audience... I think most operas do it like that...

[Corrado7mari]

That's an old debate that seems to arise today only in English-speaking countries. To my judgement there are two reasons: 1) there aren't really any great operas in English (except Britten), and 2) English native speakers don't bother to learn other languages. There aren't any great operas in my native language either, but I can understand all major operatic languages, including Russian (and English if one can consider it such, just for Britten). No reason for it to be different for them.

[whatsreallyhoodbitch]

I agree that operas sound better in there original language, especially this one, however I can understand why they choose to do this in English at this university which probably does not have a good way to provide the titles to the audience