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Conductor

Conductor (+2)

Marko Ivanović

Pavel Šnajdr

Stage director

Martin Glaser

Set designer

Pavel Borák

Costume designer

Costume designer (+1)

Markéta Sládečková

Lighting designer

Martin Špetlík

Choreographer

Mário Radačovský

Dramaturge

Olga Šubrtová

Chorusmaster

Chorusmaster (+1)

Josef Pančík

Mezzo-soprano (+3)

Jitka Zerhauová

Old Buryjovka

Tenor (+6)

Jaroslav Březina

Laca Klemen

Tenor

Peter Berger

Richard Samek

Steva Buryja

Bass (+2)

Aleš Voráček

Tomáš Juhás

Soprano (+4)

Karita Mattila

Sacristan Buryja

Soprano (+1)

Szilvia Rálik

Veronika Hajnová

Maida Hundeling

Jenufa

Pavla Vykopalová

Bass (+3)

Jiří Sulženko

Starek

Baritone (+3)

Ivan Kusnjer

Mezzo-soprano (+2)

Jarmila Balážová

Mayor's wife

Jana Hrochová

Eva Štěrbová

Karolka

Tereza Merklová Kyzlinková

Contralto (+4)

Stanislava Jirků

Pastuchnyňa

Mezzo-soprano (+1)

Jitka Klečanská

Mezzo-soprano

Lenka Laurinčík Schallenberger

Barena

Soprano (+2)

Martina Mádlová

Jana

Ivona Špičková

Tetka

Janáčkovo divadlo

Orchestra

Orchestra of ND Brno

Chorus

Choir of ND Brno

Jenůfa is one of Janáček´s most famous works. It has its roots in a realistic drama by G. Preissová (1862–1946), which Janáček adapted himself into the form of an opera libretto. Even though he had to shorten the text of the drama significantly, he managed to heighten the impact of this tragic story from rural Moravia. The protagonists include wasteful and unstable Števa, fierce Laca, who hides a heart of gold, and most of all the unrelenting Kostelnička, whose efforts to maintain her position and respect in the village community lead her to murder the child of Jenůfa. Janáček (1854–1928) captured the individual characters in a masterful, condensed drama that sends chills down one´s spine while simultaneously awakening compassion and understanding within us. It took Janáček nearly nine years to create Jenůfa. He finished the first act of the opera in 1897, while the second and the third were created under circumstances that were extremely tragic for the Janáček family. In 1902, the composer´s daughter Olga became seriously ill during a visit to Janáček´s brother in Saint Petersburg. Janáček completed the second act of the opera after Olga´s return home, and the third immediately before her death in February 1903. He dedicated Jenůfa to the memory of his daughter. Janáček wanted the premiere of the opera to be at the National Theatre in Prague, but he was refused with the explanation that the opera wasn´t suitable for performance on a leading Czech stage. The premiere thus took place in Brno on 21st January 1904, and it was an incredible success. It took until 1915 to persuade the management of the Prague theatre and the conductor Karel Kovařovic to perform Jenůfa. However, after the very successful Prague premiere on 26. 5. 1916, Janáček finally because successful as a composer not only in the Czech environment but also world-wide.

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