A sensational and shocking tour de force!

Nowhere in opera is reality more raw and uncensored than in Jenufa, an intensely dramatic and deeply moving opera by the great Czech composer Leos Janácek. The innocent peasant girl Jenufa loves the town's feckless playboy too passionately, and the devoted Laca loves her too jealously. Meanwhile, her self-righteous stepmother's misguided style of tough love leads to tragic results.

When this riveting production premiered at the Metropolitan Opera, New York magazine praised director Olivier Tambosi: "He explores the characters' actions with blistering intensity." Jenufa promises an evening of gripping drama and compelling music you won't soon forget.

JENUFA	Karita Mattila	View Profile
LACA	Kim Begley	View Profile
KOSTELNICKA BURJOVA	Eva Urbanova	View Profile
STEVA	Jorma Silvasti	View Profile
GRANDMOTHER BURYJA	Elizabeth Bishop	View Profile
MILL FOREMAN	Jason Stearns	View Profile
MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE	James Creswell	View Profile
KAROLKA	Lauren McNeese	View Profile
MAYOR'S WIFE	Margaret Thompson	View Profile
JANO	Lori Ann Fuller	View Profile

CONDUCTOR	James Conlon	View Profile
DIRECTOR	Olivier Tambosi	View Profile
DESIGNER	Frank Philipp Schlössmann	View Profile
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER	Grant Gershon	View Profile

RUNNING TIME
2 hours 55 minutes, including two intermissions.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE [ Listen ] [ Watch ]
One hour prior to each performance.
Music Director James Conlon interviewed by Duff Murphy.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
Company Premiere.
Production from the Metropolitan Opera.
Sung in Czech with English supertitles.

Artists and dates subject to change.