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A production of the Gran Teatre del Liceu © 2005 Fundació del Gran Teatre del Liceu. (Traduzione in italiano nei commenti) 0:00 - Credits 2:18 - Act 1 43:12 - Act 2 1:31:55 - Act 3 INTRODUCTION: Opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the play Její pastorkyňa by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed at the National Theatre, Brno on 21 January 1904. Composed between 1896 and 1902, it is among the first operas written in prose. The first of Janáček’s operas in which his distinctive voice can clearly be heard, it is a grim story of infanticide and redemption. Like the playwright’s original work, it is known for its unsentimental realism. While today it is heard in the composer’s original version, Jenůfa’s early popularity was due to a revised version by Karel Kovařovic, altering what was considered its eccentric style and orchestration. Thus altered, it was well-received, first in Prague, and particularly after its Vienna première also worldwide. More than 70 years passed before audiences again heard it in Janáček’s original version. The composer dedicated the work to the memory of his daughter Olga, as he did his choral composition the Elegy on the Death of Daughter Olga CAST: Pietro d’Agostino | Television and Video director Xavi Bové | Assistant Television and Video Director Peter Schneider | Music director Orquestra Simfònica i Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu | Orchestra Olivier Tambosi | Stage director Frank Philipp Schlössmann | Set & Costume Design Hans Toelstede | Lighting Design José Luis Basso | Chorus Master Nina Stemme | Jenůfa Eva Marton | Kostelnicka Buryjovka Viorica Cortez | Starenka Buryjovka Jorma Silvasti | Laca Klemen Pär Lindskog | Steva Buryja Rolf Hauenstein | Stárek, the mill foreman Enric Serra | The mayor Begoña Alberdi | The mayor’s wife Christiane Boesiger | Karolka Carole Marais | Pastuchnyña Sandra Galiano | Barena Ana Nebot | Jano Annett Andriesen | Tetka
