Janáček: Jenůfa

Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička), Saimir Pirgu (Števa Buryja), Nicky Spence (Laca Klemeň), Elena Zilio (Grandmother Buryjovka), David Stout (Stárek), Jacquelyn Stucker (Karolka)

Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Henrik Nánási, Claus Guth

Guth has a fine cast to work with...Nánási understands the architecture of Janáček’s score, too, building each climax with proper care as the Royal Opera House Orchestra plays its heart out.... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 26th Aug 2022
Catalogue No: OABD7302D
Label: Opus Arte

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Video: Opera

Janáček: Jenufa

Asmik Grigorian (Jenůfa), Karita Mattila (Kostelnička), Saimir Pirgu (Števa Buryja), Nicky Spence (Laca Klemeň), Elena Zilio (Grandmother Buryjovka), David Stout (Stárek), Jeremy White (Mayor), Helene Schneiderman (Mayor's wife), Jacquelyn Stucker (Karolka), Royal Opera House Covent Garden (opera company), Henrik Nánási

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Award-winning director Claus Guth’s acclaimed production of Jenůfa is a striking representation of an oppressed society ‘infused with heart-warming humanity’ (Evening Standard ★★★★★)

Two courageous women struggle for fulfilment against the backdrop of a claustrophobic rural community. With music inspired by the traditional folk melodies of his native Moravia, Janáček’s score movingly captures Jenůfa’s progression from hope to despair to eventual radiant happiness, while her stepmother, the Kostelnička, is one of opera’s most complex maternal figures.

Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási conducts Asmik Grigorian in her much-anticipated Royal Opera House debut in the title role, alongside Karita Mattila as the Kostelnička and a star cast.

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November 2022

Guth has a fine cast to work with...Nánási understands the architecture of Janáček’s score, too, building each climax with proper care as the Royal Opera House Orchestra plays its heart out. In all, it ’s a very fine performance.

Awards Issue 2022

The singer/actors’ performances are certainly of a scale to hold this space, no one’s more so than Karita Mattila’s Kostelnička.

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