Jenůfa — Silesian Theatre Opava
Fri, May 09
|Opava
Bree Nichols, soprano, performs the title role in Janáček’s electrifying opera, Jenůfa (Její pastorkyňa), at the Silesian Theatre in Opava.
TIME & LOCATION
May 09, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:30 PM GMT+2
Opava, Horní nám. 13, 746 01 Opava-Opava 1, Czechia
ABOUT THE EVENT
Bree Nichols, soprano, performs the title role in Janáček’s electrifying opera, Jenůfa (Její pastorkyňa), at the Silesian Theatre in Opava (Slezské divadlo Opava).
Conductor: Marek Prášil
Director: Jana Andělová Pletichová
About the Opera:
Leoš Janáček’s first mature opera, Jenůfa, is known for its raw emotional power and intense realism. Premiering in 1904, it marked a significant turning point in opera by blending folk music elements with Janáček's distinctively expressive musical language. The story, based on a play by Gabriela Preissová, is steeped in Moravian culture and the composer’s personal experiences of loss and suffering—including the death of his daughter—which influenced the opera’s poignant themes of love, sacrifice, and redemption.
The plot centers on Jenůfa, a young woman living in a rural village, whose life unravels when her secret pregnancy is revealed. Betrayed by her lover, Števa, she becomes entangled in a web of tragic decisions orchestrated by her morally complex…