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Bühnenbild

Bühnenbild (+3)

Michael Levine

Kostümbild

Kostümbild (+2)

Gesine Völlm

Lichtgestaltung

Lichtgestaltung (+2)

James Farncombe

Choreographie

Choreographie (+2)

Teresa Rotemberg

Regie

Regie (+4)

Claus Guth

Video

Video (+1)

Rocafilm

Dramaturg

Dramaturg (+3)

Yvonne Gebauer

Dirigent

Dirigent (+2)

Jakub Hrůša

Sopran

Corinne Winters

Jenufa

Sopran (+4)

Karita Mattila

Die Küsterin Buryja

Tenor (+1)

Thomas Atkins

Steva Buryja

Tenor (+5)

Nicky Spence

Laca Klemen

Mezzosopran (+4)

Hanna Schwarz

Die alte Buryja

Bariton (+3)

James Cleverton

Altgesell

Bariton (+4)

Jonathan Lemalu

Bürgermeister

Sopran (+2)

Marie McLaughlin

Frau des Bürgermeisters

Mezzosopran (+2)

Veena Akama-Makia

Pastuchnyňa

Mezzosopran (+1)

Cai Jingwen

Barena

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

Chorus

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Mezzosopran

Renata Skarelytë

Tante

Bass (+1)

Nigel Cliffe

Baritone

Gastkonzertmeister

Vasko Vassilev

Marianne Cotterill

Soprano Voice

Assistent des Dirigenten

Dirigent (+4)

Lada Valesova

Valentina Puskás

Karolka

Chordirektion

Chordirektion (+2)

William Spaulding

Alison Kettlewell

Isabela Díaz

Jana

Kirsty Mclean

Corinne Winters (Jenůfa) and Karita Mattila (the Kostelnička) lead in Janáček’s evocative opera with a score that is infused with traditional folk melodies of the composer’s native Moravia. Music Director Designate Jakub Hruša conducts Claus Guth’s staging which is an ‘edgy, evocative’ (Telegraph) take on this poignant domestic drama.

THE MUSIC OF JENŮFA 
Janáček’s folk-inspired music movingly captures Jenůfa’s progression from hope to despair to eventual radiant happiness, while her stepmother, the Kostelnička, is one of opera’s most complex maternal figures. Writer Nigel Simeone describes the unique structure of Janáček's stirring music as such: ‘Every character has his or her own musical language, and Janáček sets down a pattern that will serve him for all of his mature operas. A theme, often as short as four notes, dominates each scene [of the opera] but then gives way to another, equally memorable'.  

WHAT IS A KOSTELNIČKA?  
Jenůfa's stepmother is referred throughout Janáček’s opera as ‘the Kostelnička’, a title given to a village church-warden or elder. Initially presenting as a strong matriarch who is fiercely protective of Jenůfa, the Kostelnička has one of the more dramatic – and dark – character transformations across opera. As Jenůfa's future is turned increasingly precarious by her illegitimate child, the Kostelnička’s maternal instinct morphs into obsessive determination... In a small, stifling community, how far must a mother go to protect her child?

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