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13 lis 2023 · Performances of Janáček operas are rare things in Chicago and it’s been 14 years since the last local outing with Katya Kabanova. Which makes director Claus Guth’s hubristic Jenůfa staging (abetted by revival director Axel Weidauer) even more maddening.
16 lis 2023 · Review: “Jenufa” (3 stars) When: Through Nov. 26. Where: Lyric Opera of Chicago, 20 N. Wacker Drive. Running time: 3 hours, 5 minutes (including two intermissions)
14 lis 2023 · To its credit, Lyric Opera of Chicago presented this work in 1959 and 2000, and, the company has revived it a third time in a production that opened Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, the results ...
Jenůfa is a must-see event in Chicago’s fall arts season. A heart-wrenching score tells a painful story, but there is hope. Janáček’s score, partially inspired by Moravian folk music, is filled with gorgeous, sweeping melodies and an expressive orchestration that makes Jenůfa sound unlike any other opera at Lyric this season.
18 lis 2023 · Jenůfa is now the third opera in a row this season whose plot features a woman with two suitors. Yet each opera puts its own spin on this common trope. In Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa, the titular heroine loves the carousing Števa, but not his half-brother Laca.
14 mar 2023 · The Lyric Opera of Chicago will present six operas in the 2023-24 season—one more than the current season but still down from the eight productions that have been its core for decades. Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer) opens the season September 23. Tomasz Konieczny stars in the haunted title role with Tamara Wilson as ...
15 maj 2024 · To order, visit LyricOpera.org or call 321-827-5600. To see what others are saying, visit www.theatreinchicago.com , go to Review Round-Up and click “Jenůfa.” Continue Reading
