Scottish Opera’s Jenufa

Scottish Opera’s Jenufa

jenufa-scottish-opera-glasgow-theatre-royalWhen: 7th April 2015 to 11th April 2015
Location: Theatre Royal

Tickets: £10.00 to £76.00 Get Tickets

In a new co-production with Den Jyske Opera/Danish National Opera, Scottish Opera brings the compelling story of Jenůfa to life.

The creative team behind 2012’s sell-out La traviata returns to bring Jenůfa to life, promising a beautifully observed production that makes full use of their extensive narrative gifts. All the more compelling for drawing its audience into a claustrophobic community that is so universally recognisable, Jenůfa has been keeping audiences on the edge of their seats for over 100 years.

Jenůfa, a young woman living in a remote rural village, is pregnant, though as yet unmarried. Her stern stepmother, worried for the family’s reputation and her own status as the Kostelnička, the leader of their village, hides Jenůfa away to bear her child. Months later, the river thaws and a gruesome secret is uncovered. Suspicion falls immediately on Jenůfa but the truth will out, and the higher you climb, the further you have to fall…

Famed for its distinctive musical voice, Jenůfa is one of the most powerful of all Janáček’s operas. Inspired by traditional folk melodies and with colourful orchestration and rhythmic bite, the score sweeps the story along with tension, drama and overwhelming emotion. Lee Bisset, lauded for her Kátya at Longborough Festival in 2012, is Jenůfa, alongside an international cast including former Royal Opera House principal Peter Wedd and celebrated British soprano Kathryn Harries. St Petersburg-trained Janáček specialist Stuart Stratford conducts.

Sung in Czech with English supertitles. Supported by The Scottish Opera Syndicate.

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