Scottish Opera: Jenufa at Festival Theatre

Dates: (4/16/2015 - 4/18/2015 )

Theatre:

Festival Theatre

13 / 29 Nicolson Street
Edinburgh,Lothian EH8 9FT

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Phone: +44 (0)131 529 6000

Tickets: £10.00 - £80.50

Running Time: 2hr 25min approx.

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The creative team behind 2012’s sell-out La traviata returns to bring Jen?fa 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, Jen?fa has been keeping audiences on the edge of their seats for over 100 years.

Jen?fa, 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 Kostelni?ka, the leader of their village, hides Jen?fa away to bear her child. Months later, the river thaws and a gruesome secret is uncovered. Suspicion falls immediately on Jen?fa but the truth will out, and the higher you climb, the further you have to fall…

Famed for its distinctive musical voice, Jen?fa is one of the most powerful of all Janá?ek’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 Jen?fa, alongside an international cast including former Royal Opera House principal Peter Wedd and celebrated British soprano Kathryn Harries. St Petersburg-trained Janá?ek specialist Stuart Stratford conducts.
Ages: No under 4's

Cast and Creative team for Scottish Opera: Jenufa at Festival Theatre

Conductor Stuart Stratford

Director Annilese Miskimmon

Designer Nicky Shaw

Lighting Mark Jonathan

Choreographer Kally Lloyd-Jones

Jen?fa Lee Bisset

Kostelni?ka Buryjovka Kathryn Harries

Laca Kleme? Peter Wedd

Števa Buryja Sam Furness

Grandmother Buryjovka Anne-Marie Owens

Stárek William Allenby

Mayor Jonathan May

Mayor’s Wife Laura Margaret Smith

Karolka Sian Winstanley

Jano Louise Kemeny

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