Russian rejection hits different when it's sung by Anna Netrebko at full power.
Tchaikovsky’s setting of Pushkin’s timeless verse novel is presented on the Met stage in Deborah Warner’s moving production, starring Anna Netrebko as Tatiana and Mariusz Kwiecien and Peter Mattei sharing the title role. Alexey Dolgov sings the role of Lenski, and Robin Ticciati conducts.
Acting
Netrebko's letter scene is devastating vocal theater.
Direction
Warner's staging makes Pushkin's interiority visible.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Netrebko had to relearn the role in Russian after singing it in Italian for years; she called the original language 'a completely different beast emotionally.'
Pushkin's novel-in-verse is so sacred in Russia that Tchaikovsky's adaptation was initially considered almost blasphemous; now it's the definitive version.
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