Leoš Janácek
03.07.1854—12.08.1928

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Leoš Janácek
Jenufa | Opera in 3 acts from Moravian peasant life | Prague version

Work Details
Year of composition: 1894-1908/1916
Year of arrangement: 1969
Subtitle: Opera in 3 acts from Moravian peasant life
Version: Prague version
Composer: Leoš Janácek
Arranger: Joannes Martin Dürr
Edited by: Joannes Martin Dürr
Text Source: after the play ‘Her Stepdaughter’
Librettist: Gabriela Preissová
Original Language: Tschechisch
Translator: Max Brod; Otakar Kraus; Edward Downes; André G. Block
Parts: Grandmother Buryja, alto
Kostelnicka Buryja, soprano
Jenufa, soprano
Laca Klemen, tenor
Steva Buryja, tenor
Foreman, baritone
The Mayor, bass
His Wife, mezzo-soprano
Karolka, mezzo-soprano
Herdswoman, mezzo-soprano
Barena, soprano
Jano, soprano
Aunt, alto
Choir: SATTBB - Dorfvolk, Rekruten, Musikanten, Gesinde, Dorfmädchen
Instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 2 3 1 - timp, perc(3), hp, str; stage music: hn(2), toy tpt, bells, str(2 1 1 1 1)
Instrumentation details: piccolo; 1st flute (+3rd picc); 2nd flute (+2nd picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; cor anglais; 1st clarinet in A (+Bb); 2nd clarinet in A (+Bb); bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in F and C; 2nd trumpet in F and C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; tuba; timpani; percussion(3); xylophone; harp; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass; stage music: 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; toy trumpet; bells; violin I(2); violin II(1); viola(1); violoncello(1); contrabass(1)
Duration (min): 120
Dedication: Im Angedenken an Olga Janácková

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World Première
Location: National Theatre Prag / Czech Republic
Date: 26.05.1916
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Theatre of Prague
Conductor: Kovarovic Karel
Scenery: Robert Polák
Work Introduction

With his third opera Jenufa Léos Janácek succeeded in making his breakthrough as an operatic composer. Since the première of this moving story about the fate of the sexton and her stepdaughter Jenufa at the Brno National Theatre in 1904, it has become one of the composer’s [...]


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