Janáček's Works: A Catalogue of the Music and Writings of Leoš Janáček, p.13 gives composition beginning before Dec. 1894, finished by March 1903, revisions in Oct. 1903, and according to letters to friends of the composer, some other revisions made ca.1907, Feb. 1908 and Nov. 1915.
Leoš Janáček: Libretista: ... Jenůfa se zamilovala do lehkovážného vesnického krasavce Števy. Her fiancé sees only a trophy wife. Born in 1854 in North-Eastern Moravia, Leoš Janáček had an extraordinary life, marked by tragedies in his family, inspired in his late work by his love for a married woman and encouraged by success which did not come his way until his sixties. Composer Leoš Janáček based the libretto of Jenůfa on a play by Gabriela Preissová.
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Set against the backdrop of a closed community, this heart-rending family drama is told with stark psychological realism. Janáček, Jenůfa, Rafael Kubelík (Live), an album by Leoš Janáček, BBC Opera Orchestra, The BBC Opera Chorus, Gré Brouwenstijn, Raymond Nilsson, John Lanigan on Spotify. ; From 2016 until the end of 2018 alone there were more than 1800 performances of Janáček's operas in both European theatres as well as in New York, Tokyo, San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro and New Zealand. Her rejected suitor sees a chance to avenge the most cutting wrongs in his past. Leoš Janáček is the most frequently performed Czech opera composer in the world, and according to the Operabase statistics, is the 17th most frequently performed opera composer at all. Jenůfa is abandoned in pregnancy by her child’s father and … He lost both his children: his son Vladimír at the age of two and his daughter Olga at twenty-one. His wife Zdenka tried to kill herself. Nikdo zatím netuší, že Jenůfa očekává Števovo dítě - nástup na vojnu by ovšem jejich sňatek překazil. Leoš Janáček LIBRETTO BY Leoš Janáček BASED ON The play 'Její pastorkyňa' by Gabriela Preissová SUNG IN Czech INSTANT TRANSLATION SCREEN English Spanish A RIVALRY OF BROTHERS All eyes in the village are on Jenůfa. Janáček: Jenůfa, an album by Leoš Janáček, Št?pánka Jelínková, Marta Krásová, Beno Blachut, Ivo Zidek, Jaroslav Vogel, Prague National Theatre Orchestra on Spotify We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Instrumentation from Jenůfa page at Universal Edition. S neklidem vyhlíží jeho návrat z města, kam byl předvolán k odvodu.