CLEVELAND, Ohio – How can an opera be so profoundly disturbing, yet so achingly beautiful? That was the conundrum after hearing Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa at Severance Music Center on Saturday, in a ...

Murderous it may be, and it will nearly destroy her, but her compassion cannot be denied. Likewise, when Laca, jealous of Jenůfa's love for another man, slashes at her face with his newly whetted ...

For all the revelations of orchestral beauty, though, a concert performance without a hint of semi-staging can't hope to achieve anything like the same effect, however fine the sounds – and some of ...

It’s a mistake to dismiss Claus Guth’s production of Janacek’s Jenůfa as symbolically overwrought and interminably grey. Look closer and you’ll discover dualities and colour under beguiling appearance ...

In the clip, a despondent Kostelnička (soprano Nina Stemme) begs for her stepdaughter Jenůfa's forgiveness and understanding, before being taken away to pay for her crimes. The final performance of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Latonia Moore is well known for bringing emotionally complex and deeply nuanced women to life on stage – a skill that has earned the three-time Grammy-winning operatic soprano ...

Jennifer Davis in the title role and Susan Bullock as Kostelnička are both outstanding in Janáček’s unremittingly intense tale relocated to a drab industrial town in post-communist Europe The English ...

Swedish soprano Cornelia Beskow stars in the lead role of Jenůfa in this production of Leoš Janáček’s three-act opera of the same name. Based on a play by Gabriela Preissová named Její pastorkyň, the ...

When Claus Guth’s new Royal Opera staging of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa emerged from the delays of the lockdown in 2021, it had a mixed reception. Taking away reference to the local ...

Another triumph as The ENO continues its revival from recent troubles with a searingly effective production of Janáek's magnificent opera Jenfa. Thanks to three outstanding performances, two onstage ...

This revival of Janáček’s earliest operatic masterpiece marks the first occasion on which Jakub Hrůša has conducted the Royal Opera following the announcement of his appointment as Antonio Pappano’s ...

Claus Guth’s symbolism-heavy production is at its best when simplest. Asmik Grigorian and Karita Mattila are a strong pairing and conductor Henrik Nánási has the measure of the score Postponed only ...