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Janacek Focus

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6.30 Out of the Mist
John Tyrell , VilemTausky, Jan Smaczny and Patrick Lambert talk about the late flowering of Janacek's creative life, with readings from his notes and letters by David King. Producer Svend Brown
7.10 Opera on 3: Katya Kabanova
Live from the Grand theatre, Leeds, Janacek's three-act opera, based on AlexanderOstrovsky's play The
Thunderstorm, explores the themes of female desire and guilt through the life and death of its heroine, Katya. Janacek Katya Kabanova
Opera North Chorus, English Northern Philharmonia, conductor Steven Sloane
9.00 Live from the Grand theatre, Leeds, Chris de Souza,Jan SmacznyandTim Sutcliffe reflect on Janacek's position as an artist at the end of the 20th century and speculate on his relevance to the 21st.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tyrell
Unknown:
Jan SmacZny
Unknown:
Patrick Lambert
Unknown:
David King.
Producer:
Svend Brown
Unknown:
Katya Kabanova
Conductor:
Steven Sloane
Katya:
Vivian Tierney (soprano)
Tikhon Andrew:
Forbes Lane (tenor)
Kabanicha:
Gillian Knight (mezzo)
Varvara:
Ann Taylor (soprano)
Dikoy:
Jeremy White (bass)
Boris:
Alan Oke (tenor)
Kudyrash:
Jamie MacDougall (tenor)
Kuligin:
Edward Thornton (baritone)
Glasha:
Sandra Francis (mezzo)
Feklusha:
Anne-Marie Ives (mezzo)
Source: Radio Times

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