Jenůfa (2019)
"Better a scarred face than a scarred soul."
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.
Top 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
J
Jitka Zerhauová
Grandmother Buryjovka
Jarmila Balážová
Mayor' wife
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Tereza Kyzlinková
Karolka
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Stanislava Jirků
Herdswoman
L
Lenka Schallenberger
Barena
M
Martina Mádlová
Jana
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Ivona Špičková
Aunt
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