Eugene Onegin, Act III Scene 2.2

Евгений Онегин (П.И. Чайковского), Действие 3ее 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 Tatiana has begun to weep after Onegin's pleas:
TATYANA
Ah! Happiness was within our reach,
so close! So close!
ONEGIN
Alas!
TATYANA, ONEGIN
Happiness was within our reach,
so close! So close! So close!
TATYANA
But my fate has already been decided, and irrevocably!
I am married; you must,
I beg you, leave me!

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 3, Scene 2: Reception room in Prince Gremin's house.
Tatyana, moved to tears, reflects how near they once were to happiness but nevertheless asks him to leave. She admits she still loves him, but that their union can never be realized, as she is now married. Despite her unhappiness about her marriage and lack of passion for her husband, she will remain faithful to him. Onegin implores her, but she finally leaves him alone in his despair.

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• Чайковский
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[GarisMom]

I loved the verse, and I love the opera. But DAMN, Onegin is everything Lenskii called him: without honor and a seducer. His friend the general tells Evgenii how much he loves his wife, and what does the SOB do? Tries to take her from him!

The man is a SLEAZE. Never did understand what Tatiana sees in him.

[khlopovstan]

@GarisMom Obviously, Tatiana is the hero of the story, yet Onegin is not as one-dimensional as may seem.

[magdoos]

Thank You for this one. It was stunning.

[Detsima]

Прекрасная постановка! Хотя,честно говоря, несколько настороженно отношусь к современным интерпретациям классических опер. Но здесь - действительно всё очень гармонично. Очень сильное эмоциональное воздействие(чего обычно не хватало в прежних классических постановках). Замечательный состав. Ярко.Живо.Впечатляет.

[Lentilie]

Its absolute joy to watch this. Such a great peace. Thank you for posting.

[TheCastilloqueen]

I remember crying when I saw this for the first time

[ladyvictoriahugo]

@khlopovstan Well said. I've given it some thoughts, too. I think the problem with their romance was that they weren't really in love with each other. Tatiana, as a young girl, fell in love with the idea of love (the idea she got from her reading), while Onegin was the kind of person who wanted the one he couldn't have, the one that got away (see how he got all fired up AFTER he heard about her marriage). Things never would have worked out between them, then or now.

[HerrGustavAschenbach]

Muchas gracias por compartir...

[harvinsky]

oh my dmitry hvorostovsky, how wonderful you are!

[MarioYanenko]

моя любимая сцена!!!!