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Opera on 3: Janáček's Kát'a Kabanová, recorded at the New York's Met

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Janáček's Kát'a Kabanová, recorded at the New York's Met

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, Janáček's Kát'a Kabanová, recorded at the New York's Met

With soprano Karita Mattila, in the title role. Czech maestro Jiří Bělohlávek conducts.

Leoš Janáček's Kát'a Kabanová in an archive recording from the New York Met, with soprano Karita Mattila in the title role. Czech maestro Jirí Belohlávek conducts.

An archive recording of Leoš Janáček's Kát'a Kabanová from the New York's Met, in a performance first heard in 2004. The soprano Karita Mattila takes the title role as the wife longing for love, trapped in an unhappy marriage, victim of a domineering mother-in-law and a repressive society, in this tragic story full of psychological insight, based on 'The Storm', a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The Czech maestro Jirí Belohlávek conducts the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra and Chorus.

Presented by Mary Jo Heath, with commentator Ira Siff.

Káťa (Katerina), Tichon's wife - Karita Mattila: soprano,
Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanová (Kabanicha), a widow - Judith Forst: contralto
Varvara, a foundling - Magdalena Kožená: mezzo-soprano
Boris Grigorjevič, Dikój's nephew - Jorma Silvasti: tenor
Tichon Ivanyč Kabanov, Marfa's son - Chris Merritt: tenor
Váňa Kudrjaš, a schoolteacher - Raymond Very: tenor
Kuligin, friend of Vána Kudrjaš - Sebastian Catana: baritone 
Savël Prokofjevic Dikój, a merchant - Vladimir Ognovenko: bass-baritone 
Glaša, a servant - Janet Hopkins: mezzo-soprano  
Fekluša, a servant - Diane Elias: mezzo-soprano
Townswoman - Charlotte Philley: contralto 
Passer - Dennis Williams: tenor 

Metropolitan Opera Chorus 
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra 
Jirí Belohlávek, conductor

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