Opera

Eugene Onegin

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Tchaikovsky’s *Eugene Onegin* is a three-act opera adapted closely from Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel, with a libretto the composer shaped himself. It follows a chain of private decisions—Tatiana’s letter, Onegin’s refusal, a duel that cannot be undone—until time and status reverse the lovers’ positions. In New York City, the work has long been part of the Metropolitan Opera’s repertory, a steady reference point for Russian opera on a major American stage. Its restraint is the point: the drama lands through conversation, memory, and consequence rather than plot machinery.