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.
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Cast
Pavla Vykopalová
Jaroslav Březina
Tomáš Juhás
Szilvia Rálik
Ivan Kusnjer
Ladislav Mlejnek
Jitka Zerhauová
Jarmila Balážová
Tereza Kyzlinková
Stanislava Jirků
Lenka Schallenberger
Martina Mádlová
Ivona Špičková
