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Set designer

Set designer (+3)

Michael Levine

Kostuum ontwerper

Kostuum ontwerper (+2)

Gesine Völlm

Licht ontwerper

Licht ontwerper (+2)

James Farncombe

Choreograaf

Choreograaf (+2)

Teresa Rotemberg

Regisseur

Regisseur (+4)

Claus Guth

Video

Video (+1)

Rocafilm

Dramaturg

Dramaturg (+3)

Yvonne Gebauer

Dirigent

Dirigent (+2)

Jakub Hrůša

Sopraan

Corinne Winters

Jenůfa

Sopraan (+4)

Karita Mattila

Kostelnička Buryjovka

Tenor (+1)

Thomas Atkins

Števa Buryja

Tenor (+5)

Nicky Spence

Laca Klemeň

Mezzosopraan (+4)

Hanna Schwarz

Stařenka Buryjovka

Bariton (+3)

James Cleverton

Stárek

Bariton (+4)

Jonathan Lemalu

Rychtár

Sopraan (+2)

Marie McLaughlin

Rychtárka

Mezzosopraan (+2)

Veena Akama-Makia

Pastuchnyňa

Mezzosopraan (+1)

Cai Jingwen

Barena

Orchestra

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House

Chorus

Chorus of the Royal Opera House

Mezzosopraan

Renata Skarelytë

Tetka

Bas (+1)

Nigel Cliffe

Baritone

Gastconcertmeester

Vasko Vassilev

Marianne Cotterill

Soprano Voice

Assistent-dirigent

Dirigent (+4)

Lada Valesova

Valentina Puskás

Karolka

Koor meester

Koor meester (+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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