Tatyana: Kristine Opolais, Onegin: Artur Rucinski, Gremin: Günther Groissböck Omer Meir Wellber conducting the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana Directed by Mariusz Trelinski
I like it! If you want to see trees and beautiful salons and gorgeous costumes, there are so many productions to choose from. I like to see something a little different now and then. And the singers are excellent.
@@BytomGirl I love it how people say "the author would turn in his grave", clinging onto the author's authority to make their own opinion more authoritative. What makes you so sure? Why do you think the author would not appreciate the staging if he happened to live in our times?
@@alexeigoukov1109 But he did not live in our times. And remaining true to the vision of beauty that is reflected in this music does have merit. It almost seems like the direction has seen too many zombie films quite honestly. I doubt Pushkin would love it either given that the beauty of Russia is always a major theme in his works.
@@robbey10 The beauty of Russia is a major theme in Pushkin's works, but he was in no way blind to the defects of his country. Pushkin wrote famously in a letter to prince Vyazemsky: "Of course, I despise my country from head to toe, but I would find it annoying if a foreigner shared this feeling with me." (June 8th 1827 - translation mine) Also, if you read "Eugene Onegin", you'll notice how critical and full of biting irony he is toward the high society - of which he was a member himself. Some of those lines did make into the B part of Gremin's aria, even though in Pushkin, he is not that noble character into which Tchaikovsky and Shilovsky transformed the general to whom Tatyana is married. Also, Tatyana is not acritical of the society in which she lives either: seducing her, a woman in a prominent position who is obliged to appear every day in society, married to a man who was wounded/crippled in battles (a circumstance for which they both are favoured by the imperial Court) would bring Onegin a "tempting honour". This said, Trelinski's staging is not really my cup of tea either, but I don't condemn it on the sole ground that Trelinski does not propose his audiences a brilliant Polonaise (but at least he respects the colour of Tatyana's clothing, even if it is not the beret mentioned in the libretto). I do see that he put some thought into his staging, even though I don't quite understand what exactly - but then, I haven't seen the complete performance.
