from Act I, Scene 1 of the Russian opera Eugene Onegin by Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky

Libretto: Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky

Role: Olga, daughter of Madame Larina and sister of Tatiana, engaged to Lensky

Voice Part: contralto       Fach: contralto

Setting: twilight in the garden on Madame Larina's estate, St. Petersburg, Russia, late 1700s

Synopsis: When her sister comments that folk songs sung by the harvesters make her think of places far away from the estate, Olga responds that she has a different reaction when she hears the songs. Dreaming about other places does absolutely nothing for her. Instead, the songs just make her want to dance along with the peasants.