TCHAIKOVSKY

Eugene Onegin

 

Renée Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra / Valery Gergiev

 

Filmed in Hi-Definition Widescreen

Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Region Coding: 1-6 (0)

Audio Selection: LPCM Stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround

Colour Mode: Colour

Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese

 

Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece - filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera.

 

This is a star-led performance of one of the most popular romantic operas with the unrivalled pairing of Fleming and Hvorostovsky as the doomed lovers. Their onstage chemistry, emotional singing and outstanding acting make this a very special production.

Valery Gergiev, Russia's greatest living conductor, leads Russia's classic opera, with a thrilling account of Tchaikovsky’s most intense and passionate score.

 

Robert Carsen’s evocative staging is striking and beautiful and highlights the personal drama at the heart of Pushkin’s tragic tale of young love unrequited. The opera is introduced on this DVD by the great Russian dancer Mikhail Barishnikov.

 

Broadcast live to cinemas worldwide to great critical acclaim in February 2007.

 

Extras include: Eugene Onegin "In Rehearsal", and "Backstage at The Met", a short documentary presented by Beverley Sills, who talks in person to Fleming and Hvorostovsky about the opera and their working relationship.

 

Decca DVD NTSC 0743248