In December 1877, in Italy, the great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) completed his Fourth Symphony, and a month later the opera "Eugen Onegin" which he designated as "lyrical scenes". Based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin. Picture shows Scene III 'The Larin Estate - Girls Chorus' from the opera at the Bolshoi Theatre. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies