The Conversion Of Eugene Onegin From A Novel In Verse Into An Opera

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there are in fact only three major events of significance. First, the arrogant dandy Eugene Onegin rejects the love of Tatyana, a beautiful young lady whose sister is his friend Lensky’s fiancée. Afterwards, he accidentally kills Lensky in a duel that he did not intend to be fighting. A few years later, the story ends when Eugene Onegin is rejected by Tatyana, who married to Prince Gremin. In Pushkin’s novel, the story is gracefully and precisely conveyed in poetic verses. Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin is also an absolutely well-known example of lyric opera of the story. The libretto does not only follow Pushkin’s original verses very closely to preserve the beautiful poetry , it also serves as the purpose of conserving the storyline. Even though almost the entire libretto of the opera is retained from Pushkin’s verses, they are, however, not always in the same order or spoken by the same characters. In addition to that, with the problem of transforming a novel into an ...

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time (e.g. different instruments playing simultaneously) where words must be arranged in sequence. Tchaikovsky makes good use of it and allows music to tell a story at the same time when another event is taking place. Words sung by the characters could be feelings that they want others to be heard while music can evoke inner thoughts. It is because very often, characters can be in denial and try to conceal their authentic feelings. Music acts as a means to express characters more fully and entirely.
One major difference between the novel and the opera that cannot be neglected is the fact that the opera does not have a narrator, unlike Pushkin’s original versed novel. This ...

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