Eugene Onegin • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky • Livermore Valley Opera

Евгений Онегин • Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский Eugene Onegin • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ~ ~ ~ Livermore Valley Opera PO Box 1002, Livermore, CA 94551, . Artistic Director, Erie Mills Music Director, Alex Katsman Stage Director, Candace Evans Recorded in September 2019 ~ ~ ~ SYNOPSIS ACT I Russia, 19th century. Autumn Harvest in the country. On the Larin estate. Madame Larina reflects upon the days before she married, when she was courted by her husband but loved another. She is now a widow with two daughters: Tatiana and Olga. While Tatiana spends her time reading novels, with whose heroines she closely identifies, Olga is being courted by their neighbor, the poet Lensky. He arrives unexpectedly, bringing with him a new visitor, Eugene Onegin, with whom Tatiana falls in love. Tatiana asks her nurse Filipievna to tell her of her first love and marriage. Tatiana stays up all night writing a passio