Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin - Striking setting of the duel scene at the Berlin Opera - The Victrola book of the opera

Eugen Onegin - Striking setting of the duel scene at the Berlin Opera
Identifier: victrolabookofop00vict (find matches)
Title: The Victrola book of the opera : stories of one hundred and twenty operas with seven-hundred illustrations and descriptions of twelve-hundred Victor opera records
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Victor Talking Machine Company Rous, Samuel Holland
Subjects: Operas
Publisher: Camden, N.J. : Victor Talking Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University



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PHOTO Rembrandt STRIKING SETTING OF THE DUEL SCENE AT THE BERLIN OPERA EUGEN ONEGIN OPERA IN THREE ACTS Text by Tschaikowsky and Constantine Shilowsky, based on Alexander SergiewitchPushkins poetic romance of the same name. Music by Peter Iljitch Tschaikowsky. Firstproduced at St. Petersburg, 1879, following a performance by the students of the MoscowConservatory in March, 1879. First Berlin performance at the Victoria Theatre, 1888, andten years later at the Theatre des Westens; in Hamburg, 1892. First London production in1892; revived at Covent Garden in 1906 with Emmy Destinn as Tatiana. The work hasfigured frequently in the repertory of continental opera houses, but has had no adequateproduction on the opera stage in America. In 1914 J. M. Medvedieffs newly-formed operacompany gave three scenes at the Star Casino, New York, a popular East Side music hall.Several years ago Walter Damrosch brought out the work in concert form with the follow-ing cast: Characters MADAM LERIN, a lande