Eugene Onegin, Act II Scene 2.2

Евгений Онегин (П.И. Чайковского), Действие 2ое Картина 2ая.
The Metropolitan Opera's production of Tchaikovsky's most popular opera.
You can find an English translation of the libretto at:
http://www.opera-guide.ch/libretto.php?id=373&uilang=en&lang=en
This part begins where:
[Zaretsky returns to Lensky.]
ZARETSKY
Ah, here they are!
But who's your friend with?
I can't make it out!
[Onegin comes in with his manservant, Guillot, who carries the pistols.]
ONEGIN
I ask your pardon.
I'm a little late.

Performers: Renee Fleming (Tatiana), Elena Zaremba (Olga), Ramon Vargas (Lenski), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Onegin), Svetlana Volkova (Mme. Larina), Larisa Shevchenko (Filippyevna), Sergei Aleksashkin (Prince Gremin), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (Monsieur Triquet), Richard Bernstein (Zaretsky), Keith Miller (Captain), and Linda Gelinas and Sam Meredith (Dancers).
Production: Robert Carsen
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Act 2, Scene 2: On the banks of a wooded stream, early morning.
Onegin finally arrives. He and Lenski admit to themselves that the duel is pointless and they would prefer to laugh together than to fight, but honor must be satisfied. The duel is marked off, and Onegin shoots Lenski dead.

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[Detsima]

Превосходно!

[1971soleluna]

BELLISSIMO!