Jenůfa

Jenůfa

Drama, Music | Oct. 2, 2019

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.

Jenůfa

Drama, Music | Oct. 2, 2019

Jenůfa
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.
Producers Česká televize
Original title Jenůfa
Directors Jakub Kořínek, Martin Glaser
Writers Gabriela Preissová, Leoš Janáček

Cast

Pavla Vykopalová

as Jenůfa

Jaroslav Březina

as Laca Klemeň

Tomáš Juhás

as Števa Buryja

Szilvia Rálik

as Kostelnička

Ivan Kusnjer

as The Mill foreman

Ladislav Mlejnek

as Mayor

Jitka Zerhauová

as Grandmother Buryjovka

Jarmila Balážová

as Mayor' wife

Tereza Kyzlinková

as Karolka

Stanislava Jirků

as Herdswoman