Onegin and Tatiana stroll back into view, Tatiana hanging on Onegin's every word.
The descending scale motif is heard at the beginning of Lensky's scene and arioso. In an arioso Lensky declares his love for Olga, "Ya lyublyu vas, Olga," (I love you, Olga). They begin to walk together, Onegin with Tatiana and Lensky with Olga. Simultaneously, the men discuss the girls and Tatiana is sure that Onegin is the special someone for whom she yearns. The four embark on a quartet, the two men and the sisters in respective pairs. Lensky and his sophisticated friend Onegin are presented to Olga and Tatiana. Filippievna announces the arrival of guests.
Larina frets over Tatiana's introversion. Olga compares herself with her sister Tatiana who is occupied with deep thoughts. The peasants take their leave as Olga begins a scena and aria, "Ya ne sposobna k grusti tomnoy," (I am no good at languid melancholy). The first folk song was composed by Tchaikovsky, but the second stems from oral tradition. They perform the Dance of the Peasants singing, "Uzh kak po mostu-mostochku´ (Across the little bridge). In response the chorus sings a modal melody with parallel and contrary motion. A single voice heard from afar begins the choral number. A chorus ensues, singing in traditional folk polyphony, "´Bolyat moi skorï nozhen´ ki so pokhodushki´" (My nimble feet are sore from walking), as Madame Larina's serfs return from the fields. Outside, their mother Larina, who is sitting with her old nursemaid, Filippievna, is inspired to think of her youth and marriage and the importance of literature in her life. The sisters, Olga and Tatiana, are singing a verse by Pushkin, "Slïkhalil´ vï…vdokhnulil´ vï´" (Have you not heard…have you not sighed), accompanied by the harp. Librettist: Konstantin Shilovsky, Pyotr Ilyitch TchaikovskyĬompany: Santa Fe Opera Performance DatesĪct I begins with the sounds of a duet drifting from inside the house.
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