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`Onegin', `Mlada,' in Sum
From: The Washington Post
Date: 19910711
Author:Joseph McLellan
"Eugene Onegin," like many of the greatest Russian operas, is based on a work of Alexander Pushkin. It is the story of a wealthy young Russian who adopts the Byronic style that was fashionable in post-Napoleonic Europe: self-absorption, scorn for ordinary people and a carefully calculated air of ennui.
Onegin begins by winning the heart of an innocent young country girl, Tatiana, and then throwing cold water on her confession of love. To relieve his boredom, he begins flirting with Olga, Tatiana's sister and the beloved of his poet-friend Lensky. Mad with jealousy, Lensky challenges Onegin ...
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