Libretto P. I. Tchaikovsky 'Eugeny Onegin'1-5 Poem by Yuri Starostin

Libretto P. I. Tchaikovsky 'Eugeny Onegin'
Lyric scenes in three acts (seven scenes)
Libretto written P. I. Tchaikovsky and K. S. Shilovsky on novel in poems of A. S. Pushkin.
Opera was created: Moscow - may 1877, San Remo - Feb.1878. Dated on the basis of letters of T (v. VI, No.565; T. VII, No.735) .
The first performance. Dec.1878, the Moscow Conservatory. Excerpts: 1-4 cards. March 17,1879, Moscow, Maly theatre. Student performance at the Moscow Conservatory. Conductor N. G.Rubinstein. Directed By I. C. Samarin. Artist K. F. Walz.

Contents
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1 Stage history
2 actors
3 Summary
3.1 Act I
3.2 Act II
3.3 Act III
4 the Full text of the libretto
5 ACTION FIRST
5.1 first Picture
5.2 second Picture
5.3 third Picture
6 THE SECOND ACT
6.1 fourth Picture
6.2 fifth Picture.
7 ACT III
7.1 sixth Picture
7.2 seventh Picture.

Actors[edit]
Larina, land owner - Mezzo-soprano
Tatiana, her daughter - Soprano
Olga, her daughter - Contralto
Filipyevna, nanny - Mezzo-soprano
Eugene Onegin - Baritone
Lensky - Tenor
Prince Gremin - Bass
The Commander - Bass
Zaretsky - Bass
Triquet, the French valet-Tenor
Hillje, French-tutor - Silent role
Peasants, peasant women, barins, lbarins women, officers, guests at the ball.
The action takes place in the 20-ies of the XIX century in the village and in St. Petersburg.
Summary[edit]
The first action[edit]
The picture first. The Larin estate; landlord home with terrace in old neglected garden. Near home, under tree, the landlady makes jam; old nurse helps her. And out of home singing daughters Larina always thoughtful, dreamy Tatiana and flirtatious laughing Olga. Their young voices remind to mother and nurse the long past youth.
Evening come. Farmers, complete harvest, according to ancient custom, bring the lady painted sheaf. Suddenly, guests come: neighbor of Larin, a young enthusiastic poet Lensky- Olga's fiancé, passionately in love her since childhood, and his friend Onegin, a cold, arrogant dandy, recently came to his estate from St. Petersburg. Arrival of guests brings confusion. All excited, happy and interested meeting in estate the new person.
Young people go into garden. Olga engrossed by conversation with Lensky; Tatiana extremely embarrassed by the attention, giving her by the capital guest.
The second picture. Tatiana's room is modestly furnished by antique furniture; night... Tatiana is a complete by new feeling, so suddenly gripped her. In vain Filipyevna tries to distract her pupil, telling her about old days. Tatiana does not listen and, finally, asks the nurse to part her alone. All her thoughts are occupied by Onegin, which his conversation, sharpness and unusual opinions won provincial girls ' imagination. Tatiana is in love; she had no doubt that Onegin is man she waited for all her life. 'You're in the dream come to me, invisible, you really had me darling' - confidently she expresses her love in a letter to him. A whole range of feelings is replaced in this night in heart of Tatyana. Dawn comes. 'End! Afraid to read... To shame and to fear I fade... but the guarantee to me your honor, and boldly to her myself! ' Filipyevna on request of Tatiana sends her grandson to give the letter to Onegin.
The third picture. Serene song of girls, picking berries, sounds in garden of Larin estate. Here Tatiana in terrible disarray run- Onegin came: he received her letter! .. Painful remorse cover girl: 'Oh why, groaning heeding of sick soul, unable to control myself, I wrote to him the letter! '. But it's too late! Onegin is here, in the garden... He preaches morality to Tatiana with cold dignity: 'Learn to control yourself: any do not understand you, like me; the inexperience leads to the trouble! '
Act II[edit]
The picture first. Ball at Larins home: they celebrate Tatiana's birthday. Onegin, accustomed to capital festivities, here's annoying all - old-fashioned outfits of guests, their provincial dances, gossip and rumor... He transmits his irritation t Lensky: 'Why did I come to this stupid ball! I will not forgive this service to Vladimir! ' Whole evening Onegin dances with Olga, to sweet jealousy and passion of friend. Offended Lensky requires explanation and to response to calm, ironic tone of Onegin, in heat of indignation, he challenges him to duel.
The second picture. Early frosty morning Lensky had arrived to place of duel. 'What does the future day hold for me? My eye catches it in vain...' - with anguish and pain he thinks about the upcoming match. Secondant Zaretsky together with Lensky awaiting arrival of Onegin. Finally Onegin come, everything is ready for the duel, but former friends take time, they both understand accident, absurdity of current situation: 'Do not laugh eh us, until arm is not reddened, to do not apart whether amicably? ' But no! Secondants arrange adversaries to their seats. Zaretsky gives the signal to start. Onegin shoots first; Lensky falls. Onegin with horror sees that his friend is dead.
Act three[edit]
The picture first. Ball in one of aristocratic homes of St. Petersburg. Prince Gremin among guests - veteran of the Russian wars, was highly received by royal court. Here, in grand public festival, he meets Onegin, his old friend, which had just returned from abroad. Onegin was not few years in St. Petersburg; he does not know that Gremin is married: 'Long time ago? ' - 'About two years'. - 'Who is on? ' - 'Tatiana Larina'. Gremin present friend to his wife. Onegin was amazed: he hardly knows in this secular, full of dignity lady the former girl, which he sometime preached morality. 'Alas, there's no doubt that I love! In love, like a boy, full of young passion! ' -Onegin admit himself with anxiety.
The second picture. Many days Eugeny were looking for meeting with Tatiana, many words of love told in his letters to her, but there is no response. Onegin decides to ignore rules of public and come to her house without invitation. Unexpectedly entered in room of the Princess Gremina, he see former Tanya, bent over his letters and weeping over its. Shocked Onegin falls on knees, but 'the past cannot be revisited! ' Tatiana asks him to leave her: 'I belong to another man, my destiny is decided, I will be faithful to him forever'. Onegin finally understands that Tatiana is forever lost to him.
Source: one Hundred Opera libretto
The full text of the libretto[edit]
Peter Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
EUGENY ONEGIN, Lyrical scenes in three acts (seven scenes)
Libretto by P. Tchaikovsky, with participation of K. Shilovsky (based on novel in verse by A. S. Pushkin preserving many of the verses of the original)

The FIRST ACTION[edit]
Scene one[edit]
The Larin estate - home and surrounding garden. Evening come. Larina and nurse boil jam. Singing of Tatyana and of Olga heard out of home.
1. Duet and Quartet.
TATIANA, OLGA (behind the scenes) .
Do you heard for the grove the night voice
Of the love singer, of the singer of his sorrows?
When the fields in the morning hour was silent,
The flute sound, simple and sad,
Have you not heard? ...

LARINA (to the nurse) .
They sing and I do, happened,
In the past year
Do you remember? and I sang.

FILIPYEVNA. You were young than!

TATIANA, OLGA (behind the scenes) .
Whether do you sigh, listen to the quiet voice
Of the love singer, of singer his sorrows?
When you saw in the woods the young man,
Meeting the sight of his ashed eyes,
Whether do you sigh? Whether do you sigh?

LARINA. As I loved Richardson!

FILIPYEVNA. You were young than.

LARINA.
It is not because I read.
But the Princess Alina in the past day,
My Moscow cousin,
Told me often about him.

FILIPYEVNA. Yes, I remember, I remember.

LARINA. Ah, Richardson! Ah, Richardson!

FILIPYEVNA
Yes, I remember, I remember.
There was the groom at that time
Your spouse, but you are involuntary
Than dreamed about another,
Which do by the heart and by the mind
Like to you much more!


LARINA.
He was a great dandy,
The player and the guardian sergant!

FILIPYEVNA. The long ago past year!

LARINA. As I was always dressed!

FILIPYEVNA. Always on the fashion!

LARINA. Always on the fashion and to the face!

FILIPYEVNA. Always on the fashion and to the face!

LARINA. But suddenly without my advice...

FILIPYEVNA.
He suddenly brought you under the wreath!
Then, to dispel the grief...

LARINA.
Oh, how I cried at first,
Just to do divorce with the husband!

FILIPYEVNA.
Here the gentleman arrive soon,
You're farming began,
Accustomed and became satisfied.

LARINA.
Then the house keeping started,
Accustomed, and became satisfied.

FILIPYEVNA. And, thank God!

LARINA, FILIPYEVNA.
O`er give the habit to us,
That is the replacement to the happiness.
Yes, true so true!
O`er give the habit to us,
That is the replacement to the happiness.

LARINA.
The corset, the album, Princess Pauline,
The book of a sentimental verse,
I forgot all.

FILIPYEVNA.
Began to call,
Former Selin by Aculka
And updated finally...

LARINA. Ah,

LARINA, FILIPYEVNA.
The slator and the cap is on the cotton!
O`er give the habit to us,
That is the replacement to the happiness.
Yes, true so true!
O`er give the habit to us,
That is the replacement to the happiness.

LARINA. But my husband loved me sincerely...

FILIPYEVNA. Yes. the master loved you truly,

LARINA. He believed you in all blithely.

FILIPYEVNA. He believed you in all blithely.

LARINA, FILIPYEVNA.
O`er give the habit to us,
That is the replacement to the happiness.


2. The chorus and the dance of the peasants.

There is heard the peasant song in the distance.

SINGER (behind the scenes) .
My swift feet pain
From the hike.

PEASANTS (behind the scenes) .
The quick feet from the hike.

The song LEADER.
My white arms pain
From the work.

FARMERS
The white arms from the work.
Aches my ardent heart
From the care.
I don't know how to be,
As courtesy one to forget!
My swift feet aches...
From the hike.
My white arms ache
From the work,
The white arms from the work.

The farmers enter with the sheaf.

Hello, mother-lady!
Hello, our nurse!
Here we came to your grace,
Brought the sheaf decorated!
The harvest we gathered in!

LARINA.
Well and well! Have the fun!
I'm glad you. Sing something to laughter!

The PEASANTS.

Let us, mother, amuse the misstress!

Well, the girls in the circle come together!
Well, what do you do? become become!

Youth starts the dance with the sheaf, anothers sing. Tatiana with book in arm and Olga going from the house to the balcony.

Once across the bridge-the bridge,
On the guelder rose planks,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
On the guelder rose planks,
Here and the man walked passed,
Like the berry-raspberry,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
Like the berry-raspberry.
He carries the baton on his shoulder,
He carrying a bagpipe under the hollow,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
He carrying the bagpipe under the hollow,
He bears the fiddle under another.
Guess, darling-honey,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
Guess, sweet honey.
The sun set, are you asleep?
Either come out, or come out,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
Either come out, or go out,
Either Sasha or Masha,
Either darling-Parasha,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
Either darling-Parasha,
Either Sasha or Masha,
Either darling-Parasha,
Parashechka come out,
She said with the honey the speech:
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
She speech said with the honey:
'Do not judge out me, my darling,
In that went in and in that went out,
In the slender clout,
In the short penance,
Whaynu, whaynu, whaynu, whaynu,
In the slender clout,
In the short penance!
Whaynu!


3. Scene and Aria of Olga.

TATIANA.
How I love the sounds of these songs
Fly by the dreams sometimes away,
Somewhere far away.

OLGA.
Oh, Tanya, Tanya!
You're always dreaming!
And I'm so not into you,
I have fun when I hear the song

(Redanced.)
'Once across the bridge-the bridge,
On the guelder rose planks...'
I'm not able to a languid sadness
I don't like to dream in a silence,
Or on the balcony, by the dark night,
To sigh, to sigh,
To sigh from the depths of the soul.
Why sigh, if happily
My youthful days flow?
I'm carefree and playful,
All call me by the child's name!
The life for me will always, always be sweet,
And I will remain as before
Like a windy hope,
Playful, carefree, cheerful.
I'm not able to a languid sadness
I don't like to dream in a silence,
Or do on the balcony, by the dark night,
To sigh, to sigh,
To sigh from the depths of the soul.
Why sigh, if happily
My youthful days flow?
I'm carefree and playful,
All call me by the child's name!

4. Scene.

LARINA.
Well, you are, my sharp girl,
You are a fun and playful bird!
I think to dance you now ready.
Isn't it?

FILIPYEVNA (To Tatiana) .
Tanya! And, Tanya! What's wrong with you?
You 're not ill, are you?
TATIANA. No, nurse, I'm healthy.

LARINA (to the peasants) .
Well, dears, thank you for the songs!
Go to the outhouse! (To the nurse.) Filipyevna,
And you order to give them a wine.
Farewell, friends!

The PEASANTS. Good-bye, mother!

The peasants go. The nurse also goes after them. Tatiana sits on the steps of the terrace and delves into the book.
OLGA. Mom, look on at Tanya!

LARINA.
And what is? (Looking at Tatiana.) Indeed, my friend,
You're very pale.

TATIANA.
I am always, but don't worry, mom!
It is very interesting that is I read.

LARINA (laughing) . So it is a cause you are pale?

TATIANA.
Yes, of course, Mama! The story of the heart pains
On the two lovers weary me.
So I sorrow them, poor!
Oh, so they suffer,
So they suffer.

LARINA.
Enough, Tanya.
Happened I do, like you,
Reading these books, worried.
All this is a fiction. The year past,
And I saw there are no a heroes in the life.
I am quiet.

OLGA.
In vain so you serene!
Watch: your apron you forgot to remove!
Well, Lensky come, what is than?

Larina hastily removes her apron. Olga laughs. The noise of the wheels of the moving crew hear and bells ring.

OLGA. Chu! Approaching someone. This he is!

LARINA. Indeed!

TATIANA.(looking from the terrace) . He's not alone...

LARINA. Who whould be this?

FILIPYEVNA (hastily entering with the Kazachok) .
Madam, come barin Lensky.
With him Mr. Onegin!

TATIANA. Ah, soon I will escape!

LARINA (hold her) .
Where are you, Tanya?
You condemn! Fathers, but my cap is
On the side!

OLGA (to Larina) . Tell them to ask!

LARINA(to the kazachok) . Order now to ask!
The kazachok runs away. All in the greatest excitement prepare to welcome the guests. The nurse nurture Tatiana and then walks away, making her a sign that she was not afraid.
5. Scene and Quartet
Lensky and Onegin enters. Lensky come to the arm Larina and bows politely to the girls.

LENSKY.
Mesdames! I've taken the courage
Invite a friend. I recommend you
Onegin, my neighbor.

ONEGIN (bowing) . I am very happy!

LARINA (confused) .
Oh please, we are glad to you; Sit down!
These are my daughters.

ONEGIN. I am very, very happy!

LARINA.
Let `s go in the room! Or, perhaps, you want
On the open air to stay?
I ask you,
Be without a ceremony, we are neighbors,
So we are no a rang!

LENSKY.
Charming here! I love this garden
Secluded and shady!
There are so cozy!

LARINA.
Great! (To the daughters) .
I will enquiries in the home.
And you meet a guest. I am right now.

Onegin returns to Lensky and quietly talking to him. Tatiana and Olga are in thought, standing at a distance.

ONEGIN (Lena) . Say who is Tatiana?

LENSKY.
Yes that is sad
And silent, as Svetlana!

ONEGIN.
I am very curious to know.
Indeed do you love the young girl?


LENSKY. And what is?

ONEGIN.
I would choose another
If I were like you, the poet!

TATIANA. (to herself) .
I waited, the eyes opened!
I know, I know this he is!

OLGA.
Ah, I knew I knew that the appearance
Of Onegin will do
To all the great impression
And all the neighbors will entertain!
Go the guess for the guess...

LENSKY. Ah, dear friend,

ONEGIN.
Olga in the terms has no a life
Exactly in Vandickova Madonna.
She is round, by the red face...
As this stupid moon,
On this stupid firmament!

LENSKY.
...the wave and the rock,
A poems and a prose, an ice and a fire,
Are not so different between its...
As we are by the mutual differs!

TATIANA.
Alas, now and a days, and a nights
And the hot lonely asleep.
All, all will resemble the cute image!

OLGA.
All will be interpreted furtive
To joke, to judge have not without a sin!
Go the guess.. will go the guess after the guess.

TATIANA.
Incessantly, by the magic power,
All will have to talk about him,
And the soul to burn by the fire of the love.

OLGA.
To joke, to judge have not without a sin,
And to predict to Tanya the groom!

TATIANA.
All will have to talk about him,
And the soul to burn by the fire of the love!

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