Lensky 's Aria From The Opera ' Eugene Onegin

Lensky 's Aria From The Opera ' Eugene Onegin

Lensky's Aria from the opera "Eugene Onegin"

A novel by Alexander Pushkin adapted for opera by Pytor Tchaikowsky in 1825

Arranged for flute and piano by Guy Braunstein; edited and revised by Emmanuel Pahud in 2009

Performed by Emmanuel Pahud and Fuminori Tanada



As does any opera, Tchaikowky's Russian Opera Eugene Onegin portrays a storyline overrun with tragedy. Eugene Onegin has inherited his uncle's estate giving him access to acres of hunting ground on which he meets Lensky, whom he becomes rather good friends with. The friendship does not last long however, as a vast misunderstanding comes between them. Lensky had recently been engaged to Olga, a neighbor of Onegin's, and finds himself incredibly joyful and very much in love. Lensky sees Onegin dancing with his fiancé', and takes Onegin to be attempting to seduce his fiancé, yet this is not the case. Onegin was only dancing with Olga to be cruel to her younger sister Tatyana who has recently expressed her love for Onegin. Lensky will not here of Onegin's explanation and challenges Onegin to a duel. It is in the scene of the duel where Lensky performs his aria. The aria is the last lyrical piece in the opera at the end of Act 2. The aria is heard by the audience just before the battle and just before Onegin loses his life.



Lensky's Aria has been performed by many vocalists both on stage and as a solo work accompanied only by the piano. The lyrics tell of how Lensky wishes he were young again and had only

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