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Singer

Bass

Henk Smits

Savel Prokofjevic Dikoj

Tenor

David Kuebler

Boris Grigorjevic

Contralto

Jane Henschel

Marfa Ignatevna Kabanova

Hubert Delamboye

Tichon Ivanyc Kabanov

Soprano

Angela Denoke

Katya

Rainer Trost

Vana Kudrjas

Dagmar Pecková

Baritone

Frédéric Caton

Kuligin

Conductor

Sylvain Cambreling

Stage director

Christoph Marthaler

Costume designer

Anna Viebrock

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Lighting designer

Olaf Winter

Mezzo-soprano

Varvara

Ulrika Precht

Glasa

Elisabeth Starzinger

Feklusa

Ulrich Voß

A Man

Salzburger Festspiele

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Kát'a Kabanová -  (Katya Kabanova)

Salzburg

Austria

Großes Festspielhaus

Kátia Kabanová by L. Janáček, from Salzburg Festival, performed at Kleines Festpielhaus, 1998. Directed by Christoph Marthaler, conductor Sylvain Cambreling, starring Angela Denoke, Rainer Trost, Henk Smit, Hubert Delamboye, Dagmar Peckova, David Kuebler, Jane Henschel, Ulrich Voss, Frédéric Caton, Ulrika Precht, Elisabeth Staringer, Ludwig Hampe. Performed in Czech.

Christophe Marthaler stages Leoš Janáček's opera Kátia Kabanová at the Salzburg Festival, accompanied by the music director Sylvain Cambreling.

Kátia Kabanová is an opera in three acts sung in Czech, which libretto by Vincenc Červinka was inspired by Alexander Ostrovsky's play The Storm. The story takes place on the banks of the Volga. Kátia, a young, sensible and sincere woman, is married to Tichon Kabanov, whose mother profoundly despises her. She is in love with Boris and dreams of going away from the solitude of her home to experience liberty and true love. One night, when her husband is away, she secretly meets Boris, and the two lovers tell each other about their feelings. But Kátia, tormented by guilt, confesses everything when her husband comes back. Pressure and rejection by society constrain her to commit a tragic act to end her suffering.

This opera by Leoš Janáček was premiered in 1921. It contains all the natural elements that Janáček loves such as wind, water, storms... as well as a presentation of profound and true human feelings. This opera brilliantly combines Russian theater and romantic and post-romantic Czech music.

Katya Kabanova by Janáček, From (1998/1998), Directed by Christoph Marthaler,, Conductor Sylvain Cambreling, Großes Festspielhaus, Salzburg, Austria

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