When a beautiful young woman in rural Moravia becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she learns that love is sometimes only skin-deep. Janáček took Gabriela Preissová's grim tale of infanticide and redemption, and condensed it into a masterful, spine-chilling drama. The tragic plight of the protagonists is presented with unsentimental realism that cannot help but trigger a response of deep compassion. Premiered at the National Theatre in the composer's hometown of Brno 115 years ago, the opera took him nine years to complete and is the first in which his distinctive voice can clearly be heard.
as Jenůfa
as Laca Klemeň
as Števa Buryja
as Kostelnička
as The Mill foreman
as Mayor
as Grandmother Buryjovka
as Mayor' wife
as Karolka
as Herdswoman
as Barena
as Jana
as Aunt
