Outgoing general director david gockleys final summer trio once again was a blast. For a start, the two tenors had a problem with pacing. Janacek jenufa davis, alexander, silja, glyndebourne opera. Jenufa is an opera about forgiveness and jenufa is able forgive a whole lot. He employs czech folk music at times and his choruses are always well composed and dramatically performed here. Along with the netherlands chamber orchestra, the netherlands philharmonic orchestra has been the regular orchestra partner of dutch national opera since 1985, and is internationally regarded as one of the best opera orchestras. Leos janacek, jaroslave vogel, prague national theatre orchestra, benu blachut, stepanka jelinkova, marta krasova, ivo zidek janacek. Since the premiere of this moving story about the fate. The opera, which was composed based on nonversified text from a play, is set in a moravian village at the start of the 20th century. This page lists all recordings of jenufa her stepdaughter, jeji pastorkyna by leos. Jenufa classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web.
David alden, the scourge of many a controversial opening at english national opera during the socalled powerhouse era, was back via houston, its true, but back. Score altered to romantic style and finally restored this is the first opera that was a success for janacek. He was a gifted child in a family of limited means, and showed an early musical talent in choral singing. The production, conducted by david robertson, stars oksana dyka in the title role alongside finnish soprano karita mattila, who took the stage. Since the premiere of this moving story about the fate of the sexton and her stepdaughter jen. Jenufa 2002 starring roberta alexander and anja silja on dvd and bluray. Two other great janacek works are available from trove thursday. Janaceks opera has one of the most moving of all plots, in which jenufa, made pregnant by the worthless but goodlooking steva, agrees to marry instead his halfbrother laca, who has. Iris vermillion kostelnicka, gal james jenufa, dunja vejzovic the old buryja, ales. Hosted by bbc journalist and broadcaster, christopher cook, guests will include opera experts and enthusiasts plus members of the creative and production teams to give exciting insights from behind the scenes. Leos janaceks jenufa, which returned to the metropolitan opera tuesday. A scandalous carmen which i called highend eurotrash, verdys don carlo starstudded with spectacular singers and finally a bold leap into the 20zh century with janaceks jenufa.
Jenufa 2005 starring nina stemme and eva marton on dvd and bluray. From the house of the dead the 1980 gramophone record of the year was here recorded for the first time in its proper, original version. Steva and karolka arrive to wish the couple well and jenufa tells steva that she has finally found real love. Not only that, but in an attempt to resolve the difficulties and the shame that lie upon the family and in an attempt to open a way to a. It was first performed at the national theatre, brno on 21 january 1904.
Jenufa, steva, chorus, kostelnicka, grandmother buryja, laca, foreman. It fastmoving, emotionally rich, musically extraordinary and has a plot straight out of soap opera. Janacek s jenufa pre performance talk by english national opera from desktop or your mobile device. Jenufa is one of verismos greatest operas, but in the wrong hands can topple over into caricature and melodrama. Jenufa thanks laca for standing by her and he tells her that he will spend the rest of his life making up for the harm he has done her. Dirk kaftan keeps a firm grasp on the rapidly developing drama and is at his most impressive in the preludes to each act. It was first performed in the moravian capital city of brno in 1904 but, due to in part certain professional jealousies within the management and in part to the violent subject manner of the opera, it was not to be performed in prague until 1916. The lauridsen family foundation is dmmos season presenting sponsor. Jenufa is the first masterwork of a composer who took many years to forge and develop his own language. Leos janaceks jenufa soprano patricia racette stars in the title role of janaceks devastating, yet stunningly beautiful drama jenufa, in a production from the washington national opera.
Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Composed between 1896 and 1902, it is among the first operas written in prose. With his third opera jenufa leos janacek succeeded in making his breakthrough as an operatic composer. Jenufa loves her cousin steva, who through the right of primogeniture, has inherited a mill, and is thus prominent and prosperous.
Enos preperformance talks are the perfect introduction to the seasons productions for both opera newcomers and seasoned operagoers. Set against the backdrop of a closed community, this heartrending family drama is told with stark. This new recording of janaceks harrowing study of repression, infanticide and redemption was taped live during the opening run of olivier tambosis controversial covent garden production in 2001. Jenufa with sena jurinac and martha modl and vec makropulos with karita mattila. The most exciting operatic event of this waning season took place on wednesday evening, but it was not in an opera house. The performance from the gran theatre del liceu is historical for. Moralists may not commit most of the worlds crimes, but stern righteousness can force them to commit some of the worst. Despite their pending marriage, stevas younger halfbrother, laca, is desperately in love with jenufa. In terms of the storyline, jenufa also appears to be a simple folktale, a morality tale of village life, the melodrama of a local beauty who scandalously falls pregnant and is spurned by her lover, only to have her face disfigured by a jealous admirer. Kata kabanova can be downloaded by clicking on the icon of a square with an arrow pointing downward on the audio player above and the resulting mp3 file will appear in your download directory. Jenufa wishes to break off the engagement but laca again comforts her, promising that the two will spend their remaining days together. Hearing the whole story, jenufa forgives her stepmother. Janaceks jenufa pre performance talk by english national opera from desktop or your mobile device. Rather than wallowing in languorous romanticism, janaceks music imposes its raw, abrupt strength, a form of aggressive realism, cloaked, nevertheless, in singular beauty and capable, through its poetry and astonishing economy of means, of.
The title character in leos janaceks jenufa presents the kind of acting challenges that are frankly beyond the abilities of many opera singers. Lead parts sung by roberta alexander and anja silja. Compared with much grand opera, the story of one womans. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground. Eye of a storm parterre box the most essential blog. Jenufa about this sound czech helpinfo is an opera in three acts by leos janacek to a. The village is ready to exact immediate justice against jenufa, but kostelnicka calms them and says that the crime is hers.
In the title role, the israeli soprano gal james offers lyricism, vulnerability, pride and depth of feeling in a performance that possesses an overall radiance while homing in on some individual moments with exceptional vividnessher upbraiding of steva for his neglectful behaviour in act 1 being one notable example. This page lists all recordings of jenufa her stepdaughter, jeji pastorkyna by leos janacek 18541928. Despite some fine, recent competition including the englishlanguage chandos release this 1982 recording is still the jenufa to own. Schedule for jenufa opera in three acts by leos janacek 2020.
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