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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) Tickets: $41-$339 at 312-827...
14 lis 2023 · Courtesy Lyric Opera of Chicago. A father’s dishonor, a vengeful knife attack and even a baby’s murder. “Jenůfa” easily could have been little more than a tawdry throwaway, but in the ...
14 mar 2023 · Lise Davidsen stars in the title role with Nina Stemme as her mother (the Kostelnička) and Pavel Černoch and Richard Trey Smagur as Laca and Števa, the brothers who are rivals for Jenůfa’s affections. Rossini’s La Cenerentola ( Cinderella) opens the new year (January 21-February 10, 2024).
17 lis 2023 · Hruša is a sought-after conductor who has worked with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and will become the music director of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in the 2025-26 season. Lyric hasn’t engaged a conductor of this quality in many years and what a difference it makes.
12 lis 2023 · By Cameron Kelsall, 12 November 2023. Jenůfa might be the most strangely uplifting story in the entire operatic repertory. Sure, the drama includes the murder of an innocent baby, a woman’s mutilation at the hands of her future husband, the brutal class politics of rural 19th-century life, and lots of people behaving badly.
15 maj 2024 · The Lyric Opera’s new-to-Chicago production, conducted by Jakub Hrůša, originally directed by Claus Guth with revival direction by Alex Weidauer, features starkly beautiful designs and outstanding dramatic sopranos.
