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Eugene Onegin, first thoughts
(c) Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera First off – I’m feeling quite sheepish and sorry for my absence during this read-along! This weekend I am, at last, finally writing my first post and catching up on all of your interesting insights! Second apology: for my not-so subtle promotion of the 2013 Met Opera production, now on DVD. … Read more >>
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The Brothers Karamazov – 1: A Nice Little Family
Click here for other installments in this review series… (A number of bloggers I follow write their thoughts on lengthy books as they go along. In fact, I believe one of them did this for The Brothers Karamazov in the last year or so. Credit to them for the good idea!) For years, I’ve wanted… Read more >>
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Eugene Onegin Read-Along ~ Chapters 3 & 4
(c) Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera In part 1 of our read-along, we met a rather vain but world-weary Eugene on his way to his inherited country estate. By chance, he befriended his neighbor Vladimir Lenksy, a young, Romantic (and romantic) poet. We also get to meet Olga Larina, Lensky’s beloved, and her sister Tatyana, as opposite… Read more >>
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Eugene Onegin Read-Along ~ Chapters 1 & 2
Pushkin’s sketch of his title character Welcome to the first part of our reading of Eugene Onegin! Please add your blog post link(s) in a comment (directly below the title of this post). Also, if you would rather leave a comment than write a full post, that works great, too! Chapters 1 & 2 discussion… Read more >>
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