An opera in three acts
Libretto by GABRIELE PREISS Music by Janacek
(sung in the English translation by EDWARD DOWNES and OTAKAR KRAUS ) direct from Scottish Opera at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow. A joint production with Welsh National Opera
Cast in order of singing:
Jenufa Kostelnicka's foster-daughter WENDY FINE (SOp) Grandmother Buryja , owner of the Mill ...... CLAIRE LIVINGSTONE
(mezzo-soprano)
Laca Klemen , her grandson
ALLEN CATHCART (tenor)
Jano, a shepherd boy
GILLIAN RAMSDEN (soprano)
The foreman of the mill
DONALD MAXWELL (baritone)
Kostelnicka Buryjovka , a widow, daughter-in-law of Grandmother
Buryja PAULINE TINSLEY (soprano)
Stcva Buryja , Laca's half-brother
GREGORY DEMPSEY (tenor)
Barena, a girl working at the mill ...MARIE SLORACH (soprano)
A maid ...... LINDA ORMISTON (sop) The mayor.NORMAN WHITE (bass) His Wife .... CAROL ANNE PETHERICK
(mezzo-soprano)
Karolka, their daughter
UNA BUCHANAN (SOp)
Aunt ........ JANE GUY (mezzo-sop) SCOTTISH OPERA CHORUS chorus-director JOHN CURRIE BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RAYMOND OVENS conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON Act 1: Outside Grandmother Buryja mill