Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner: With seven scenes, Eugene Onegin really doesn’t need any more pauses

The Met made Tchaikovsky's famous Letter Scene too long, and Tatiana looked like she would fall asleep

Credit: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera 
issue 19 October 2013
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