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Jenůfa
Based On

a play by Gabriela Preissová

Company
San Francisco Opera Association
Location
San Francisco, CA
Venue
War Memorial Opera House
Season
2015-2016
Language
Czech

Creative/Crew

Conductor
Director
Production Designer
Lighting Designer
Chorus Director
Dance Master
Fight Director
Assistant Conductor
Musical Preparation
Prompter
Diction
Supertitles
Assistant Director(s)
Stage Manager(s)
Costume Supervisor
Wig and Makeup

Cast

Grandmother Buryjovka
Jenůfa
Laca Klemeň
Foreman at the mill
Kostelnička Buryjovka
Števa Buryja
Mayor of the Village
Mayor's wife
Karolka
Woman's voice
Man's voice
Kostelnička's Aunt

Show Dates

Broadcast

12/4/2016 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 10/22/2016 WFMT; 4/1/2018 KDFC.

Time and Place

Late nineteenth-century Moravia

Scenes

Act I: At the Buryja mill
Intermission
Act II: Kostelnička's home, five months later
Intermission
Act III: Kostelnička's home, two months later

Media

Sponsors

Jenůfa is made possible, in part, by The Bernard Osher Endowment Fund, Koret Foundation, Dianne & Tad Taube, and The Thomas Tilton Production Fund.

Ms. Byström's appearance is made possible by the Jan Shrem & Maria Manetti Shrem Emerging Stars Fund.

Ms. Mattila's appearance is made possible by a gift to the Great Singers Fund from Joan & David Traitel.

Additional support is provided by Gertrud Parker, in memory of Harold A. Parker Esq., The Diana Dollar Knowles Foundation, Chandra & Michael Rudd, and Drs. Oldrich & Silva Vasicek.

Legacy Commission

Sung in Czech with English supertitles

Notes

12/4/2016 delayed broadcast, KDFC; 10/22/2016 WFMT; 4/1/2018 KDFC.

A production of Hamburg State Opera. 

Assistant stage managers: Andrew Landis, Thea Railey, Jimmy Marcheso, Jayme O'Hara.