YEVGENY ONYEGIN [Eugenio Onieghin]
Piotr Ilitsch Tcahikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Opera in three acts in Russian [Sung in Italian]
Libretto: Tchaikovsky & Shilkovsky Premièr at Imperial Collage of Music, Moscow – 29 March 1879
17†, 19, 21 March 1954 (7 Performances)
Teatro San Carlo, Napoli
THE FIRST PERFORMANCE AFTER 54 YEARS IN NAPOLI
Conductor: Tullio Serafin
Chorus master: Michele Lauro
Stage director: Pietro Sharoff
Scene and costumes: Mstislav Dobuzhinsky Drawings: Camillo Parravicini
Madame Larina estate owner JOLANDA GARDINO mezzo-soprano
Tatiana her daughter LEYLA GENCER soprano [Role
debut]Olga her daughter ORALIA DOMINGUEZ mezzo-soprano
Filipievna Tatiana’s nurse AMALIA PINI mezzo-soprano
Lenski Olga’s fiancé GIUSEPPE COMPORA tenor
Eugen Onegin his friend GINO BECHI baritone
Prince Gremin and old general ITALO TAJO bass
Monsieur Trinquet a Frenchman PIERO DE PALMA tenor
A captain n/a bass
Zaretski n/a bass
Time: Late Eighteenth Century
Place: A country estate; St. Petersburg † Recording date
Photos © FOTO TRONCONE, Napoli [Opera photos]
Photos © UGO SARTI, Napoli
Sketches © CAMILLO PARRAVICINI
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| Leaving Istanbul by a ferry for Napoli with President Bayar |
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| Arrival to Napoli meeting with Pasquale De Costanzo, Intendant |
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| Arrival to Napoli with Italian Movie Star Yvonne Sanson |
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| With Pasquale de Costanzo, Indendant of Teatro San Carlo di Napoli |
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| With Tullio Serafin |
CONTRACT FOR THE PERFORMANCES
1953.08.30
OPERA MAGAZINE
1954 January
MELODRAMMA
1954.04.05
STATE OPERA MAGAZINE
1954.04.10
OPERA MAGAZINE
1954 May
GIORNALE DI TRIESTE
1954.06.10
COMPLETE RECORDING
1954.03.17
Recording Excerpts [1954.03.17]
Sia poi quel che sara; (Puskai pogibnu ya) "Letter Scene" Act I Scene II
Ah! povero mio cor! (O! Kak maye tyazhelo!) Act III Scene II
