Jenůfa

Overview

When a beautiful young woman in rural Moravia becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she learns that love is sometimes only skin-deep. Janáček took Gabriela Preissová's grim tale of infanticide and redemption, and condensed it into a masterful, spine-chilling drama. The tragic plight of the protagonists is presented with unsentimental realism that cannot help but trigger a response of deep compassion. Premiered at the National Theatre in the composer's hometown of Brno 115 years ago, the opera took him nine years to complete and is the first in which his distinctive voice can clearly be heard.

Cast

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Pavla Vykopalová

Jenůfa

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Jaroslav Březina

Laca Klemeň

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Tomáš Juhás

Števa Buryja

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Szilvia Rálik

Kostelnička

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Ivan Kusnjer

The Mill foreman

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Ladislav Mlejnek

Mayor

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Jitka Zerhauová

Grandmother Buryjovka

Jarmila Balážová

Mayor' wife

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Tereza Kyzlinková

Karolka

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Stanislava Jirků

Herdswoman

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Lenka Schallenberger

Barena

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Martina Mádlová

Jana