(Fate)
Opera in a prologue, two acts and an epilogue
Libretto by FEDORA BARTOSOVA
English version by JEAN EISLER Music by Janacek Osud was Janacek's fourth opera. Begun in 1904. it didn' receive its first stage performance until October 1958 - 30 years after the composer's death. Originally based on an autobiographical episode (Zhivny has all the intensity of a self-portrait), the main action of the story is presented as a flashback between prologue and epilogue.
ORPINGTON JUNIOR SINGERS trained by SYBIL BELL BBC CHORUS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by VILEM TAUSKY Repetiteur MARTIN PENNY Producer JULIAN BUDDEN
Prologue: A rehearsal room of a famous conservatoire Act 1 A fashionable spa
7.20* Osud - Its place in .Janacek's Works for the Stage: a talk by STEPHEN DODGSON
7.35* Osud
Act 2 A room in Zhivny's house Epilogue: as in the Prologue