Opera and novels...

[A.Smith]

Dear Alina, in response to your comment regards Oprah:
"Yes, but she recommended the book, not the ballet or the musical based on
the book, which inadvertantly triggered the interest in the book"...--

I would like to point out (just for the sake of being provocative) that in
her 1937 essay "My Pushkin" Marina Tsvetaeva says that she fell in love with
Onegin and Tatiana through her encounter (as a child) with the opera "Eugene
Onegin". Well, what do you think she is actually promoting -- the opera or
the text? ... 
Let's hope though that those people who will be inspired by A.L. Weber's
production will read the novel either in Russian or in D. Burgin's and
K.O'Connor's translation since M. Glenny's translation is far from
perfect!...

Best,
AS

Alexandra Smith  (PhD, University of London)

Lecturer in Russian
Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
University of Sheffield

Alexandra.Smith at sheffield.ac.uk

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