P. I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I
Oh, did you hear the lovesick shepherd boy (Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Nurse)
My legs ache and can no longer run (Leader, Peasants, Madame Larina)
in a cottage by the water (Peasants)
Oh, how I love to hear the people singing (Tatyana, Olga)
I'm not the sort to sit in silence (Olga)
Come here, my darling Olga! (Madame Larina, Nurse, Tatyana, Peasents, Olga)
Mesdames, I hope that you'll excuse me (Lensky, Onegin, Madame Larina)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Thomas Hampson, Neil Rosenshein, Linda Finnie, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Now tell me, which of them's Tatyana? (Onegin, Lensky, Tatyana, Olga)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Patricia Bardon, Thomas Hampson, Neil Rosenshein, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
How perfect, how wonderful (Lensky, Olga, Onegin, Tatyana)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Neil Rosenshein, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Patricia Bardon, Thomas Hampson, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
How I love you, I adore you, Olga (Lensky, Olga)
Sir Charles Mackerras, Patricia Bardon, Neil Rosenshein, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Ah, here you are! (Madame Larina, Nurse, Lensky, Onegin)
Thomas Hampson, Neil Rosenshein, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Sir Charles Mackerras, Linda Finnie, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act I Scene 2
There! No. more talk tonight (Nurse, Tatyana)
I can't sleep, Nanny (Nurse, Tatyana)
Well, let me think now (Nurse, Tatyana)
To write is foolishness, I know it (Tatyana)
"I had to write'' (Tatyana)
No., there could never be another (Tatyana)
For you were always there beside me (Tatyana)
"Are you an angel'' (Tatyana)
"No, come what may'' (Tatyana)
Ah, night is over! (Tatyana, Nurse)
Oh, Nanny, may I ask a favour? (Tatyana, Nurse)
Then make your grandson go in secret (Tatyana, Nurse)
Dear companions, come this way (Girls)
Onegin! Here! To see me! (Tatyana, Onegin)
You wrote a letter (Tatyana, Onegin)
Were I the sort who had intended (Onegin)
But try to practise self-control (Onegin, Girls)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act II Scene 1
This is superb! (Guests)
Certainly! But why aren't you dancing? (Captain, Guests)
So that's their verdict! (Onegin, Lensky, Guests)
Neil Rosenshein, Sir Charles Mackerras, Thomas Hampson, Welsh National Opera Chorus, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
How can I have deserved to be so taunted by you? (Lensky, Olga, Onegin)
Neil Rosenshein, Patricia Bardon, Sir Charles Mackerras, Thomas Hampson, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
By chance I 'ave with me a song (Triquet, Guests)
"A cette fête conviée" (Triquet, Guests)
Messieurs! Mesdames! - Mazurka (Captain)
Why aren't you dancing, Lensky? (Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Madame Larina)
Here in your house! (Lensky, Onegin, Tatyana, Olga, Madame Larina, Guests)
Your challenge I accept (Onegin, Lensky, Guests, Olga)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act II Scene 2
What's happened? Where can your opponent be? (Zaretsky, Lensky)
Richard Van Allan, Neil Rosenshein, Sir Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
How far, how far away you seem now (Lensky)
Neil Rosenshein, Sir Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Ah, here they are! (Zaretsky, Onegin, Lensky)
Thomas Hampson, Neil Rosenshein, Richard Van Allan, Sir Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
We fight to satisfy our honour (Zaretsky, Onegin, Lensky)
Thomas Hampson, Richard Van Allan, Sir Charles Mackerras, Neil Rosenshein, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Here, too, I'm bored! (Onegin)
The Princess Gremina! (Guests, Onegin, Tatyana, Gremin)
The gift of love is rightly treasured (Gremin)
Sir Charles Mackerras, John Connell, Welsh National Opera Orchestra
And now, you must be introduced to her (Gremin, Tatyana, Onegin)
Is this the very same Tatyana (Onegin)
P. I. Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act III Scene 2
Why, why did he return and write this letter? (Tatyana, Onegin)
Onegin, I was then far younger (Tatyana)
Ah, Tatyana! (Onegin, Tatyana)
Onegin, as a man of honour (Onegin, Tatyana)
Onegin! Leave me, I entreat you (Onegin, Tatyana)
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