Leos Janácek’s “Jenufa,” in the Los Angeles Opera production now onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, is an engrossing and richly satisfying night at the theater. It’s got a lot of things going ...

Whether we knew it or not, the operatic world has been waiting all this time for Karita Mattila to sing the role of Kostelnicka, the imperious and morally conflicted stepmother in Janácek’s fierce ...

Jenufa” doesn’t come around often, but when it does, it’s an unforgettable experience. San Francisco Opera, which had previously presented Janacek’s 1904 opera only four times in the company’s history ...

Through the end of the month, Gaetano Donizetti’s breezy “Daughter of the Regiment” and composer Leo Janácek’s “Jenufa” share a stage at Lyric Opera, and not much else. “Jenufa” premiered in 1904, a ...

With only a single opera in a typical season, performed twice, Long Beach Opera has to make every production and every performance matter. This year the opera is Janacek’s “Jenufa.” Seen Sunday ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. By and large, the wait was worth it. When lockdown hit in March last year, it shut down the Royal Opera’s new ...

Claus Guth’s Royal Opera production of Janacek’s Jenufa was scheduled to open in March 2020, but was aborted at the last moment by Covid. Better late than never. It has now opened, and it makes a ...

Jenufa has become pregnant by Steva, who is a bit of a wastrel and a drunk, but stands to inherit the mill when his grandmother dies. However, Jenufa's stepmother, the Kostelnicka (churchwarden) ...