The Lyric Opera of Chicago concluded its 2007/08 season with Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece Eugene Onegin, an opera that is not so much about any particular action, but more about feelings and motivations. Because of that, the opera is rather static. As Tchaikovksy said in a letter to his pen pal Mme von Meck:
“Those [...]
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Lyric’s Onegin reveals the real Tchaikovsky
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