Work Title
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Eugene Onegin
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Alternative. Title
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Евгений Онегин ; Yevgeny Onegin ; Evgenii Onegin
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Composer
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Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
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Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.24 ; TH 5 ; ČW 5
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IPT 35
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 acts, 7 scenes:
Introduction
- Andante con moto (39 bars)
Act I (3 scenes)
- 1. Duet and Quartet. Andante con moto (83 bars)
- 2. Chorus and Peasants' Dance. Adagio—Moderato assai (98 bars)
- 3. Scene and Olga's Arioso. Andante—Andante mosso (67 bars)
- 4. Scene. Andante (54 bars)
- 5. Scene and Quartet. Moderato—Andante (61 bars)
- 6. Scene and Lensky's Arioso. Moderato (108 bars)
- 7. Closing Scene. Moderato (56 bars)
- 8. Introduction and Scene with Nurse. (184 bars)
- Andante mosso—Moderato
- 9. Letter Scene. (310 bars)
- Andante con moto–Allegro non troppo–Moderato assai quasi Andante
- 10. Scena and Duet. Moderato assai—Allegro moderato (189 bars)
- 11. Chorus of Maidens. Allegro moderato (102 bars)
- 12. Scene and Onegin's Aria. (140 bars)
- Moderato mosso—Andante non tanto—Andante non troppo
Act II (2 scenes)
- 13. Entr'acte and Waltz with Scene and Chorus. (449 bars)
- Andante non tanto—Tempo di Valse
- 14. Scene and Triquet's Couplets. Andantino (111 bars)
- 15. Mazurka and Scene. Tempo di Mazurka (187 bars)
- 16. Finale. Moderato assai—Andante (96 bars)
- 17. Introduction, Scena and Lensky's Aria.
- Andante—Andante quasi Adagio (126 bars)
- 18. Duel Scene. Allegro moderato (101 bars)
Act III (2 scenes)
- 19. Polonaise. Moderato. Tempo di Polacca (149 bars)
- 20. 'Scene. L'istesso tempo (28 bars)
- Ecossaise I. Allegro moderato—Allegro vivace (86 bars)
- 20a. Prince Gremin's Aria. Andante sostenuto (144 bars)
- 21. Scene and Onegin's Arioso. Moderato—Allegro moderato (74 bars)
- Ecossaise II. Allegro vivace (40 bars)
- 22. Closing Scene. Moderato (404 bars)
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1877-78, revised 1880, 1885, 1891
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First Performance.
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1879-03-29 in Moscow, Malyi Theatre
- Mariya Reiner (Larina)
Mariya Klimentova (Tatyana) Aleksandra Levitskaya (Olga) Zinaida Konshina (Filippyevna) Sergey Gilev (Onegin) Mikhail Medvedev (Lensky) Vasily Makhalov (Gremin/Captain) Dmitry Tarkhov (Zaretsky/Triquet) Nikolay Rubinstein (conductor)
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First Publication.
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1878, 1880-82, 1891 – Moscow: P. Jurgenson
- Vocal score, 249 pages. Plates 3302–3323. (1878)
- Piano solo, arr. Hubert. (1878)
- Full score, 357 pages. Plate 3901. (1880)
- Vocal score (2nd ed.), 249 pages. Plates 3302–3323. (1881)
- Chorus parts (1882)
- Full score (2nd ed.), 365 pages (1891)
- Parts (1891)
- Vocal score (new ed.), 245 pages. Plates 24050–24072. (1891)
- Piano solo (new ed.), arr. Hubert. (1891)
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Librettist
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Composer and Konstantin Shilovsky (1849–1893)
- after Aleksandr Pushkin (1799–1837)
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Language
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Russian
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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140 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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Piece Style
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Romantic
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Instrumentation
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voices, mixed chorus, orchestra
- Cast
- Larina (Ларина) (mezzo-soprano)
Tatyana (Татьяна) (soprano) Olga (Ольга) (contralto) Filippyevna (Филиппьевна) (mezzo soprano) Yevgeny Onegin (Евгений Онегин) (baritone) Lensky (Ленский) (tenor) Prince Gremin (Князь Гремин) (1st bass) Captain (Ротный) (2nd bass) Zaretsk' (Зарецкий) (2nd bass) Triquet (Трике) (2nd tenor)
- Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Orchestra
- piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones timpani, harp, strings
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Related Works
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Pieces based on 'Eugene Onegin'
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External Links
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Tchaikovsky Research Wikipedia article Eugene Onegin - Scores at Sheet Music Plus
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Extra Information
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Vocal score also arranged by Tchaikovsky, 1877–78
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