Dear Vocalisters:
Tatiana in "Eugene Onegin" is a lyric soprano role. She is a young girl for her famous letter scene, one of the longest solo arias in opera. Even her later, more mature scenes occur only a few years later in the time line of the opera.
The fact that the music is so variable yet melody filled makes it attractive to a wide variety of voices but it was originally written for a young voice. Tschaikovsky wrote the opera for students at a music conservatory and must have had some concern for the maturity limits of the students who would be doing the roles. Most of the arias work well with college age singers if they can get around the Russian language difficulties.
Regards -- Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA Professor of Voice, Vocal Pedagogy School of Performing Arts Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ 86011
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