Jenufa
A new production of Janacek's opera. The eponymous heroine is pregnant by love-rat and braggart Steva. His half-brother, Laca, is devotedly in love with Jenufa but turns on her in a fit of jealousy. When Steva sees her disfigured beauty he rejects her. Then Kostelnicka, Jenufa's disapproving stepmother, drowns the baby. Will Jenufa be able to turn tragedy into happiness?
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Jurowski Actl
7.15 Interval: New York Artists in Their
Studios 3: Tim Marlow talks to Sean Scully , celebrated painter of stripes and grids who also has studios in London and Barcelona.
7.45 Act 2
8.35 Interval: The Met Opera Quiz
Steven Blier puts listeners' questions to Ken Benson , Lotfi Mansouri and Willie Anthony Waters. Send questions to:
Met Opera Quiz, FOR Station, PO Box 805, New York, NY 10150, USA.
8.55 Opera Snaps
Rodney Milnes takes a sideways glance at this evening's opera.
9.00 Act 3