EUGENE ONEGINSun, June 6 @ 10:15 am $20 general / $17 seniors, students, CCT members and BLO subscribers. Co-presented by Boston Lyric Opera. Julie House, Education & Community Programs Manager at the Boston Lyric Opera, will be introducing this presentation. "The Opera de Paris opens its season with a world-class guest: the Bolshoi from Moscow, with one of Tchaikovsky's most popular works." - La Croix Eugene Onegin is an opera based on the novel in verse by Aleksandr Pushkin. It is a classic of Russian literature and its eponymous protagonist served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes. The story concerns Eugene Onegin, a selfish hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman's (Tatiana's) love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with Lensky, his best friend. 2h30m with one intermission Music by: Pyotr Tchaikovsky Conductor: Alexander Vedemikov |