Who wrote Eugene Onegin?

• A. Verdi
• B. Tchaikovsky
• C. Wagner
• D. Stravinsky

Answer: (B)

Eugene Onegin is an opera composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, based on Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel. The music showcases Tchaikovsky’s lush Romantic style, turning the emotional twists of the story into expressive vocal lines and rich orchestration. The libretto by Konstantin Shilovsky adapts Pushkin’s tale into Russian dialogue and verse, fitting the work into Russia’s late 19th-century operatic tradition. The other composers listed are known for different traditions—Verdi for Italian opera, Wagner for German epic operas with leitmotifs, and Stravinsky for 20th-century innovations—leaving Tchaikovsky as the correct association for this opera.