Opera in three acts
Libretto by VINCENZ CERVINKY after OSTROVSKY's drama The Storm
Music by Janacek (sung in Czech) direct from the Theatre Royal, Wexford in association with RTF.
WEXFORD FESTIVAL CHORUS chorus-master PETER ROBINSON
RADIO TELEFIS EIREANN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR NACHSTERN conducted by ALBERT ROSEN Producer DAVID POUNTNEY
Act 1 Sc 1: Outside the Kabanov house on the banks of the Volga, Sunday afternoon: Sc 2: A room in the Kabanov house. later that afternoon
9.5* Vilem Tausky talks about Janacek.
9.15' Katya Kabanova
Act 2 Sc 1: The living room of the Kabanov house, the same evening: Sc 2: An open space near the Kabanov garden, later that night
9.45* Why I Love Wexford
JOHN JULIUS NORWICH has been to the Wexford Festival ten times in the past 11 years - ' I have every intention of keeping my annual date with it until one or other of us drops dead.' 1(1.5 Katya Kabanova
Act 3 Sc 1: A ruined house by the river, Sunday afternoon, a fortnight later; Sc 2: A lonely spot on the river bank, the same evening