"Who composed the opera ""Eugene Onegin""?"
Eugene Onegin (opera) Eugene Onegin (opera) Eugene Onegin (, "Yevgény Onégin"), Op. 24, is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer himself, very closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry. Tchaikovsky's friend Konstantin Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky himself arranged the text for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1. "Eugene Onegin" is a well-known example of lyric opera, to which Tchaikovsky added
Eugene Onegin Lensky, and Sean Murray as Zaretsky. In 2012, Stephen Fry recorded an audiobook of the novel in the translation by James E. Falen. Eugene Onegin Eugene Onegin (pre-reform Russian: ; post-reform ) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. "Onegin" is considered a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes (so-called "superfluous men"). It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the currently accepted version is based on the 1837 publication. Almost the entire