The one hundred and eighteenth classical recording: #414 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin
Looking at the story of Eugene Onegin, you get something that feels a bit more mundane than other operas. There are no kings or queens, no big events, but instead it's a love story - still from the nobility, but on more of a Pride & Prejudice scale. I'm basing this partially on what happens, as the book is on my reading list for the far future, when I get back to that (still waiting for my commute to start coming back).
What that means is less big group songs and more smaller, focused songs. It's not as epic, that's for certain, but that means we get a bit more emotion in there and some more connection with what's going on in the story. It feels rare that an opera gets this personal and emotionally connected and feels this readable even if you need translations for the lyrics. I was thoroughly charmed and I'm looking forward to more of this.