Eugene Onegin - a film by Petr Weigl (1988)

Regisseur Petr Weigl maakte van diverse beroemde opera's speelfilms, waarin de acteurs de originele zangpartijen playbacken. Groot voordeel van zijn aanpak is natuurlijk dat hij de scenes uit hun kunstmatige theatercorset kan losmaken en ze kan laten neerzetten in levensechte vorm. Wel wordt hem verweten dat hij liefst 40 minuten uit de originele opera heeft gesneden. "Petr Weigls 1988 film using Soltis now fairly venerable (1974) Decca recording of the work mimed by actors has always been admired as have his other films of opera for his wonderfully evocative use of east European countryside here to suggest the works Russian milieu. The camera­work is often spectacular; so is the concern to get interior detail accurate. Then there is the refined and moving portrayal of Tatyana by Magdaléna Vásáryová (also the eloquent Governess in his film of The Turn of the Screw yet to appear on DVD) who suggests all the ingenuous then distracted eventually dignified feelings of her character." (Gramophone)

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