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.

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Cast

Pavla Vykopalová

Jenůfa

Jaroslav Březina

Laca Klemeň

Tomáš Juhás

Števa Buryja

Szilvia Rálik

Kostelnička

Ivan Kusnjer

The Mill foreman

Ladislav Mlejnek

Mayor

Jitka Zerhauová

Grandmother Buryjovka

Jarmila Balážová

Mayor' wife

Tereza Kyzlinková

Karolka

Stanislava Jirků

Herdswoman