Organization

Conductor

Stephen Barlow

Stage director

David Alden

Set designer

Hannah Postlethwaite

Costume designer

Gabrielle Dalton

Choreographer

Lynne Hockney

Singer

Tenor

Adrian Thompson

Tichon Ivanyc Kabanov

Soprano

Natalya Romaniw

Katya

Mezzo-soprano

Katie Bray

Varvara

Bass

Clive Bayley

Savel Prokofjevic Dikoj

Thomas Atkins

Boris Grigorjevic

Benjamin Hulett

Vana Kudrjas

Baritone

Jonathan Kennedy

Kuligin

Contralto

Susan Bullock

Marfa Ignatevna Kabanova

Grange Park Opera

Jennifer Statham

Glasa

Béatrice Dupuy

Feklusa

Alison Dunne

Zena

Silent

Benjie del Rosario

Rybar

Czech

Kát'a Kabanová -  (Katya Kabanova)

Surrey

United Kingdom

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

Kát'a Kabanová Janáček

Public

Private

Katya Kabanova

English

Approved

Katya Kabanova is one of the 20th century’s greatest operas.  Janáček wrote music of blazing intensity inspired by his own love for a young woman.  A second inspiration was Puccini’s Madama Butterfly which, he says, was the impetus musically and dramatically.

Director David Alden (ROH, the Met, Munich, Vienna) creates the claustrophobic village for acclaimed soprano, Natalya Romaniw, in the title role.  Trapped in a loveless marriage, she is driven to despair by the Kabanov clan led by her vile mother-in-law, Kabanicha.  This epic character is none other than Susan Bullock.

Janáček’s score brims with vocal and orchestral writing of extreme beauty. “Katya”, he wrote, “is one of my most tender works”.

An opera in three acts

Sung in Czech with English surtitles

Music Leoš Janáček

Libretto Leoš Janáček, based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky

First performance 23 November 1921, National Theatre Brno

UK première 10 April 1951, Sadler’s Wells Theatre


Cast & Creatives

KABANICHA, the matriarch of the Kabanov family ∙ SUSAN BULLOCK      Sponsor Ruth Markland
TICHON, her son ∙ ADRIAN THOMPSON
KATYA, his wife ∙ NATALYA ROMANIW
VARVARA, adopted by the family ∙ KATIE BRAY     Sponsor Raymonde Jay
DIKOJ, a pompous merchant ∙ CLIVE BAYLEY
BORIS, his nephew, in love with Katya ∙ THOMAS ATKINS
VANYA KUDRJAS, a teacher, in love with Varvara ∙ BENJAMIN HULETT
KULIGIN, Vanya’s friend ∙ JONATHAN KENNEDY
GLASA, a servant ∙ JENNIFER STATHAM
FEKLUSA, a servant ∙ BÉATRICE DUPUY
ŽENA, a local woman ∙ ALISON DUNNE
RYBÁŘ, a fisherman ∙ BENJIE DEL ROSARIO

CONDUCTOR ∙STEPHEN BARLOW      Sponsor Peter & Poppity Nutting
DIRECTOR ∙ DAVID ALDEN
DESIGNER ∙ HANNAH POSTLETHWAITE
COSTUME DESIGNER ∙ GABRIELLE DALTON
MOVEMENT ∙ LYNNE HOCKNEY


Performance dates

Sunday 16 June 5:15pm
Saturday 22 June 5:15pm
Thursday 27 June 5:45pm
Wednesday 3 July 5:45pm
Friday 12 July 5:45pm

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Co-Producer