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Jenůfa

Title
Jenůfa / Glyndebourne Festival Opera ; music, Leoš Janáček ; producer, John Miller ; directed for television by Derek Bailey ; [co-produced by TVS in association with Channel 4 and Poorhouse Productions].
Publication
West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur ; [Place of publication not identified] : TVS, [2002?]

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Additional Authors
  • Miller, John.
  • Bailey, Derek.
  • Alexander, Roberta.
  • Silja, Anja.
  • Baker, Mark (Tenor)
  • Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010.
  • Davis, Andrew, 1944-
  • Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928.
  • Preissová, Gabriela Sekerová, 1862-1946.
  • Lenhoff, Nikolaus.
  • Kultur International Films.
  • Poorhouse Productions.
  • TVS (Firm : Great Britain)
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Glyndebourne Festival Opera Company.
Description
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A tale of passion, betrayal, and the transfiguring power of love. The embittered widow, Kostelnička, drowns her infant grandson to save her beloved stepdaughter Jenůfa from the shame and hardship of raising an illegitimate child.
Alternative Title
Leoš Janáček Jenůfa
Subject
Note
  • Opera in three acts.
  • "Text by the composer founded on a story by Gabriela Preissová."--Container.
Credits (note)
  • London Philharmonic, conductor, Andrew Davis ; stage production, Nikolaus Lehnhoff.
Performer (note)
  • Roberta Alexander, Anja Silja, Philip Langridge, Mark Baker.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Language (note)
  • Sung in Czech, English subtitles.
ISBN
0769700357
LCCN
032031003590
OCLC
  • ocm50503119
  • SCSB-9053680
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries