Organization

Dirigent

Stephen Barlow

Regisseur

David Alden

Set designer

Hannah Postlethwaite

Kostuum ontwerper

Gabrielle Dalton

Choreograaf

Lynne Hockney

Zanger

Tenor

Adrian Thompson

Tichon Ivanyč Kabanov

Soprano

Natalya Romaniw

Káťa Kabanová

Mezzo-soprano

Katie Bray

Varvara

Bass

Clive Bayley

Savël Prokofjevič Dikój

Thomas Atkins

Boris Grigorjevič

Benjamin Hulett

Váňa Kudrjaš

Baritone

Jonathan Kennedy

Kuligin

Contralto

Susan Bullock

Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanová

Grange Park Opera

Jennifer Statham

Gláša

Béatrice Dupuy

Fekluša

Alison Dunne

Žena

Silent

Benjie del Rosario

Rybář

Tsjechisch

Kát'a Kabanová

Surrey

Verenigd Koninkrijk

Grange Park Opera, Surrey

Kát'a Kabanová Janáček

Public

Private

Engels

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

English

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Cast

Productieteam

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