Act III
Scene 2: Tatiana’s Boudoir Tatiana reads a letter from Onegin that reveals his love for her. Suddenly he stands before her, impatient to know her answer. Tatiana sorrowfully tells him that although she still feels her passionate girlhood love for him, she is now a woman, and that she could never find happiness with him or have respect for him. She orders him to leave her forever.
Scene 2: Tatiana’s Boudoir Tatiana reads a letter from Onegin that reveals his love for her. Suddenly he stands before her, impatient to know her answer. Tatiana sorrowfully tells him that although she still feels her passionate girlhood love for him, she is now a woman, and that she could never find happiness with him or have respect for him. She orders him to leave her forever.
Photo courtesy of San Francisco Ballet in Cranko's Onegin (Chris Hardy). © Copyright 2012 Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved.