| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Vargas, Hvorostovsky, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007] | | | | | | | Description: | | RenĂ©e Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky's operatic masterpiece Eugene Onegin, filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstanding acting make this a very special production. Valery Gergiev, Russia's greatest living conductor, leads Russia's classic opera, with a thrilling account of Tchaikovsky's most intense and passionate score. Robert Carsen's evocative staging is striking and beautiful and highlights the personal drama at the heart of Pushkin's tragic tale of young love unrequited. The opera is introduced on this DVD by the great Russian dancer Mikhail Barishnikov. DVD extras include: Eugene Onegin "In Rehearsal," and "Backstage at The Met," a short documentary presented by Beverly Sills, who talks in person to Fleming and Hvorostovsky about the opera and their working relationship. Filmed in Hi-Definition Widescreen. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Renee Fleming, Ramon Vargas, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Valery Gergiev, Jean-Paul Fouchecourt | | Director:
| Brian Large | | Format:
| Classical, DVD, Live, Widescreen, NTSC | | Language:
| Russian, French, English | | Subtitle:
| German, English, Italian, Spanish, French | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Decca | | Run Time:
| 156 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| December 18, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 38 reviews |
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 Up and downMay 17, 2009
A splendid production of a great work. But buy it elsewhere; my copy skips tracks.
 Excellent Opera DVDMar 21, 2009
This is an excellent production and recording. I purchased it after seeing the live performance of the same production with an also excellent but different cast. The staging is spare but evocative and effective, and the performances, especially by Renee Fleming are truly memorable. One of the best opera DVD's I've seen.
Fantastic productionMar 03, 2009
I purchased this production to learn the opera prior to a family member performing the title role in an opera studio production. I found it easy to follow and the performance itself excellent. Renee Fleming is a favorite and she is excellent in this role.
What can I add?Feb 15, 2009
I have loved this opera for years!
I have four productions of it on DVD and nine on CD and LP (including one in English with Thomas Hampson and Kiri Te Kanawa) and I can say that the final act of this production is by far the most thrilling of them all,these two singers do not need any stage props to make it work, their superb voices, acting abilities and stage presence do it all!
BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVISSIMI!!!
 Evgeny Onegin, a revelationJan 20, 2009
I gave this version of Onegin 4 stars because, in spite of the outstanding performance by Dmitry Hvorostovsky and Valery Gergiev, one that thoroughly revealed the greatness of Tchaikovsky's score, the rest of the cast, in my opinion, did not fully reach that level of perfection. Renee Fleming has a gorgeous voice, her pitch is perfect but at moments in the first act she acts too much as a grown-up woman rather than as a sixteen-year-old Tatyana. Tatyana finds her emotional turmoil inexplicable until she discovers that she is in love (Pouring water on herself is a bit extreme, particularly for a very young Russian country girl). However, Fleming is superb in the last scene of the opera. That scene is unforgettable. It takes one's breath away. Fleming and Hvorostovsky not only sing brilliantly, they succeed in making one forget that this is a stage and not real life, they are totally identified with their characters. No one else comes close to that level of performance. Olga is excellent, but she and Vargas do not make a credible couple. I find his Russian pronounciation not good, and his Lenski aria is too full of Italianate rubato and sentimentality. In my opinion, that aria is one of the most beautiful and profound in the repertoire. It, by the way, is beautifully and expressively played by the cello soloist in the introduction to the duel scene.
Other artists in this recording who do total justice to their role are Larisa Shevchenko ("nyanya") and Sergei Aleksashkin (Prince Gremin).
Shevchenko sings beautifully, has a warm personality, and is a kind and devoted nyanya. Sergei Aleksashkin's version of his aria is the best I have heard. The tempo is excellent, his voice is rich and of accurate pitch, and his delivery soberly conveys nobility of sentiment.
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