The Greek National Opera presents Jenufa by Czech composer Leoš Janáček at the Stavros Niarchos Cultural Center in Athens this October and November.
Considered one of the most important lyric works of the 20th century, Janáček’s Jenůfa tells the grim story of an infanticide in the Moravian country during the 19th century, where a stepmother kills the newborn baby of her stepdaughter. It is a story of raw realism, served without sentimentality, in one of the first operas using unaltered literary prose.
The Stavros Niarchos Hall where Jenufa will play. Photograph: Courtesy of the SNFCC
Jenůfa will be directed by German director Nicola Raab, who is internationally acclaimed for the special sensitivity of her readings and her insistence on the dreamlike visualization of the works she directs.
Accompanied by the Greek National Opera orchestra and choir.
CREDITS
Conductor: Lukas Karytinos
Director: Nicola Raab
Sets-costumes: George Souglides
Lighting: David Debrinay
Movement: Fotis Nikolaou
Chorus master: Agathangelos Georgakatos
CAST
Grandmother Buryjovka: Ines Zikou | Laca Klemeň: Frank van Aken | Števa Buryja: Dimitris Paksoglou | Kostelnička Buryjovka: Julia Souglakou | Jenůfa: Maria Mitsopoulou | Foreman at the Mill: Yannis Yannisis | Mayor: Dimitris Kassioumis | The Mayor’s Wife: Margarita Syngeniotou | Karolka: Artemis Bogri | Pastuchyňa: Barunka Preisinger | Barena: Varvara Biza | Jano: Miranta Makrynioti
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