When a beautiful young woman in rural Moravia becomes unexpectedly pregnant, she learns that love is sometimes only skin-deep. Janáček took Gabriela Preissová's grim tale of infanticide and redemption, and condensed it into a masterful, spine-chilling drama. The tragic plight of the protagonists is presented with unsentimental realism that cannot help but trigger a response of deep compassion. Premiered at the National Theatre in the composer's hometown of Brno 115 years ago, the opera took him nine years to complete and is the first in which his distinctive voice can clearly be heard.
Pavla Vykopalová
as Jenůfa
Jaroslav Březina
as Laca Klemeň
Tomáš Juhás
as Števa Buryja
Szilvia Rálik
as Kostelnička
Ivan Kusnjer
as The Mill foreman
Ladislav Mlejnek
as Mayor
Jitka Zerhauová
as Grandmother Buryjovka
Jarmila Balážová
as Mayor' wife
Tereza Kyzlinková
as Karolka
Stanislava Jirků
as Herdswoman
Lenka Schallenberger
as Barena
Martina Mádlová
as Jana
