Leoš Janáček: Jenufa, her Stepdaughter

Leoš Janáček: Jenufa, her Stepdaughter

Year of composition:

1894-1903/1908

Subtitle:

Opera in 3 acts from Moravian peasant life

Version:

Brno version, critical edition

Composer:

Leoš Janáček

Editor:

Sir Charles Mackerras (1996); John Tyrrell (1996)

Original language:

Czech

Translator:

Otakar Kraus (01.12.1956); Max Brod (1917); Edward Downes (01.12.1956); Vida Harford (21.11.1950)

Librettist:

Gabriela Preissová

Roles:

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(2), bells, hp, str - stage music: hn(2), toy tpt, xyl, bells, str(1 1 1 1 1)

Instrumentation details:

piccolo (+3rd fl)
1st flute (+picc)
2nd flute (+picc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
cor anglais
1st clarinet in Bb (+cl(A))
2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(A))
bass clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
contrabassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in F (+tpt(C))
2nd trumpet in F (+tpt(C))
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
tuba
timpani
percussion (2 players: xylophone, glockenspiel, bells, triangle, cymbal (suspended)
also xylophone cont.aind the scene)
harp
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
stage music: 1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
toy trumpet in C
bells
violin I(1)
violin II(1)
viola(1)
violoncello(1)
contrabass(1)

Table of contents:

Preface
Chronology and sources
Vorwort
Chronologie und Quellen
I. Akt / Act I (Szene / Scene I-VII)
II. Akt / Act II (Szene / Scene I-VIII)
III. Akt / Act III (Szene / Scene I-XII)

Scenery:

2

Duration:

120’

Dedication:

im Angedenken an Olga Janácková