For my birthday Ian got tickets to the Opera so on Wednesday the 9th we went to the hippodrome to see Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. This was my first Russian opera and I quite enjoyed it. The story is a romantic tragedy of about a young girl, Tatyana, who falls in love with a neighbor's friend, Eugene Onegin. She writes him a letter declaring her love only to be rejected. The neighbor than challenges Onegin to a dual for flirting with his fiance (Tatyana's sister). Onegin kills the neighbor and leaves the country. When he returns years later he finds Tatyana married to Prince Gremin and falls in love with her. She in turn rejects his love. I really enjoyed the dancing and the large ensemble parts of this opera.
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