[Met Performance] CID:197510



Eugene Onegin
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, March 13, 1964


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Eugene Onegin (35)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Konstantin šilovski/Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin
Morley Meredith

Tatiana
Leontyne Price

Lensky
Barry Morell

Olga
Joann Grillo

Prince Gremin
Giorgio Tozzi

Larina
Gladys Kriese

Filippyevna
Lili Chookasian

Triquet
Andrea Velis

Captain
Louis Sgarro

Zaretsky
William Walker


Conductor
Ignace Strasfogel







Review 1:

Review of Michael Brozen in Musical America

A bit of bad luck befell "Eugene Onegin" on Friday the 13th. Thomas Schippers, who was to have conducted, had been done in by some bad oysters at lunch, and Ignace Strasfogel, who had not conducted the opera in several years, was called in as his replacement. Schippers fought off his attack till the last minute, which gave Strasfogel about half an hour's notice and no chance to get out of his brown suit and into his tails.

The cliff-hanging aspects of the tale must have unnerved Mr. Strasfogel, who led the proceedings with an unsteady hand. The cast, too, seemed unnerved and moved tentatively, keeping its eyes trained on the conductor and prompter. New in the title role was Morley Meredith. Subtracting the difficulties posed by the last-minute change in leadership, Mr. Meredith showed little aptitude for the role. His pedagogic hearing and diction made it difficult to accept him as a romantic lead. Except for some pinched high notes, he was vocally adequate.

Familiar in the cast were Gladys Kriese (Madame Larina), Leontyne Price (Tatyana), Joann Grillo (Olga), Barry Morell (Lensky), Giorgio Tozzi (Gremin), Lili Chookasian (Filippyevna), Louis Sgarro (a Captain), William Walker (Zaretski) and Andrea Velis (Triquet).



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