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Jenůfa
Opera in three acts (1904)
Music and libretto by Leoš Janáček
after the play her foster daughter by Gabriela Preissová
In Czech with German surtitles
New production of the Theater an der Wien
Musical director Marc Albrecht
Production by Lotte de Beer
Stage Christof Hetzer
Jorine van Beek costumes
Light Alex Brok
Dramaturgy Peter te Nuyl
Jenůfa Svetlana Aksenova
Kostelnička Buryjovka, the sexton Nina Stemme
Števa Buryja Pavol Breslik
Laca Klemeň Pavel Cernoch
Stařenka Buryjovka Hanna Schwarz
Stárek, former partner Zoltán Nagy
Rychtár Alexander Teliga
Rychtárka Václava Krejcí Housková
Karolka, her daughter Valentina Petraeva
Pastuchyňa, shepherdess Tatiana Kuryatnikova
Barena, maid in the Juliette Mars mill
Jano Anita Rosati
Orchestra ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Choir Arnold Schoenberg Choir (conducted by Erwin Ortner)
Jenůfa waits in fear to see whether Števa, the man she loves and from whom she is secretly expecting a child, will be drafted into the army or not. If so, he could not marry her, the child would not have a father, and the only way to escape this disgrace was by suicide. However, Števa is not drafted and comes back to the village dancing with other recruits. This celebration is interrupted by the sexton, Jenůfa's foster mother. She gives the drunk Števa an ultimatum: only when he has been sober for a year can he marry Jenůfa. That Števa is staying now bothers Laca a lot, because he has been in love with Jenůfa for a long time, but she only has contempt for him. When they are alone, his jealousy breaks out and he cuts her cheek with a knife. Six months later - it is winter - Jenůfa secretly gave birth to her child. While she was sleeping, the sexton brought Števa into the house and asked him to take responsibility for Jenůfa and his child. He's not interested in any of this, and he has been repulsed by the sight of Jenůfas since Laca disfigured her. He could only give money for the child and he was now engaged to Karolka, the village judge's daughter. As soon as Števa has left the house, Laca arrives. He still wants Jenůfa, but Števa's child is a problem, and so the sexton makes use of a lie: The child is dead. Fearing that the child will block Jenůfa’s future, the sexton lets the lie come true and drowns the newborn. Jenůfa tells her that the child died while she was feverish. When she sees how tenderly Laca comforts Jenůfa, she tries to convince herself that she has done the right thing. But there are increasing signs that she is increasingly disturbed by what she did ... It is spring and Jenůfa's and Laca's wedding is imminent; but the sexton is at the end of her nerves. Števa and Karolka have come, the village girls are singing a wedding song. Suddenly screams can be heard: the corpse of a child has appeared under the melting ice. Jenůfa recognizes it as hers and is suspected of murder. However, the sexton confesses her guilt and explains her motives. Jenůfa forgives her.
Subject to changes.
Music and libretto by Leoš Janáček
after the play her foster daughter by Gabriela Preissová
In Czech with German surtitles
New production of the Theater an der Wien
Musical director Marc Albrecht
Production by Lotte de Beer
Stage Christof Hetzer
Jorine van Beek costumes
Light Alex Brok
Dramaturgy Peter te Nuyl
Jenůfa Svetlana Aksenova
Kostelnička Buryjovka, the sexton Nina Stemme
Števa Buryja Pavol Breslik
Laca Klemeň Pavel Cernoch
Stařenka Buryjovka Hanna Schwarz
Stárek, former partner Zoltán Nagy
Rychtár Alexander Teliga
Rychtárka Václava Krejcí Housková
Karolka, her daughter Valentina Petraeva
Pastuchyňa, shepherdess Tatiana Kuryatnikova
Barena, maid in the Juliette Mars mill
Jano Anita Rosati
Orchestra ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna
Choir Arnold Schoenberg Choir (conducted by Erwin Ortner)
Jenůfa waits in fear to see whether Števa, the man she loves and from whom she is secretly expecting a child, will be drafted into the army or not. If so, he could not marry her, the child would not have a father, and the only way to escape this disgrace was by suicide. However, Števa is not drafted and comes back to the village dancing with other recruits. This celebration is interrupted by the sexton, Jenůfa's foster mother. She gives the drunk Števa an ultimatum: only when he has been sober for a year can he marry Jenůfa. That Števa is staying now bothers Laca a lot, because he has been in love with Jenůfa for a long time, but she only has contempt for him. When they are alone, his jealousy breaks out and he cuts her cheek with a knife. Six months later - it is winter - Jenůfa secretly gave birth to her child. While she was sleeping, the sexton brought Števa into the house and asked him to take responsibility for Jenůfa and his child. He's not interested in any of this, and he has been repulsed by the sight of Jenůfas since Laca disfigured her. He could only give money for the child and he was now engaged to Karolka, the village judge's daughter. As soon as Števa has left the house, Laca arrives. He still wants Jenůfa, but Števa's child is a problem, and so the sexton makes use of a lie: The child is dead. Fearing that the child will block Jenůfa’s future, the sexton lets the lie come true and drowns the newborn. Jenůfa tells her that the child died while she was feverish. When she sees how tenderly Laca comforts Jenůfa, she tries to convince herself that she has done the right thing. But there are increasing signs that she is increasingly disturbed by what she did ... It is spring and Jenůfa's and Laca's wedding is imminent; but the sexton is at the end of her nerves. Števa and Karolka have come, the village girls are singing a wedding song. Suddenly screams can be heard: the corpse of a child has appeared under the melting ice. Jenůfa recognizes it as hers and is suspected of murder. However, the sexton confesses her guilt and explains her motives. Jenůfa forgives her.
Subject to changes.
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