Jenufa - La Monnaie (2014) - Jenufa - La Monnaie (2014)

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New production, co-production Teatro Comunale di Bologna

The story of Jenůfa and her stepmother, the verger’s wife, is set within the confines of a closed community. Rivalry, jealousy and social control degenerate into the murder of an illegitimate but innocent child. Leoš Janáček’s third opera, based on the controversial play by Gabriela Preissová, is best known as Jenůfa, but by giving it the subtitle Her stepdaughter, the composer underlined the importance of the stepmother. Janáček’s score was rejected for a long time by the National Theatre in Prague. Jenůfa was nevertheless his breakthrough as a composer in musical theatre, where he used the speech melody as ‘the most authentic expression of the soul’. The Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, one of the masters of European theatre, makes his debut at La Monnaie. Our chief conductor Ludovic Morlot is the musical director.

More information is available at http://www.lamonnaie.be/en/421/339/

Schedule

January 21, 2014 19:30:00

January 22, 2014 19:30:00

January 24, 2014 19:30:00

January 26, 2014 15:00:00

January 28, 2014 19:30:00

January 29, 2014 19:30:00

January 31, 2014 19:30:00

February 02, 2014 15:00:00

February 04, 2014 19:30:00

February 05, 2014 19:30:00

February 07, 2014 19:30:00

Casting

Alvis Hermanis

Sally Matthews

Alexia Voulgaridou

Charles Workman

Nicky Spence

Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet

Carole Wilson

Ivan Ludlow

Alexander Vassiliev

Mireille Capelle

Chloé Briot

Beata Morawska

Work's characters list

Director

Jenůfa

Jenůfa

Laca Klemen

Števa Buryja

Kostelnička Buryjovka

Grand-mère Starenka Buryjovka

Le meunier (Stárek)

Le maire (Rychtár)

La femme du maire (Rychtárka)

Jano

Bergère (Pastuchyňa)

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