Евгений Онегин (П.И. Чайковского), Действие 3ее Картина 1ая.
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
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 1: At a ball in the house of a rich nobleman in St Petersburg.
Several years later, a magnificent ball is being given in the Gremin Palace in St. Petersburg. Onegin appears, reflecting bitterly on the fact that he has traveled the world seeking excitement and some meaning in life, and all his efforts have led him to yet another dull social event.
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