Jenůfa
Jenůfa is an opera by Leoš Janáček.
Contents
The original text
Translations and adaptations
English translation by Edward Downes and Otokar Kraus.
Performance history in South Africa
1976: Presented in English by PACT Opera in Pretoria’s Aula and in the Johannesburg Civic Theatre, with Nellie du Toit as Jenůfa, Gé Korsten as Laca Klemeň, Evelyn Dalberg as Kostelnička, George Kok as Števa Buryja, Stella Beder as Grandmother Buryja, Rikie Venter as Jano and Barbara Veenemans as Karolka. With Elsabe Boonzaier, Ravonne Swart, Theunis van Rooyen, Margarethe Rauch and Gloria Roosen. Produced by Ande Anderson, PACT Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leo Quayle. Choreography by Geoffrey Sutherland, set design by Anthony Farmer, costume design by Neels Hansen. The opera was recorded for the SABC and broadcast on 3 November 1976.
1979: Presented by PACT Opera.
Sources
Alexandra Xenia Sabina Mossolow. 2003. The career of South African soprano Nellie du Toit, born 1929. Unpublished Masters thesis. University of Stellenbosch.
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