Lyric Opera 2023-2024 Issue 4 - Jenufa

Asmik Grigorian as Jenu˚fa and Elena Zilio as Grandmother Buryja at the Royal Opera House. Janáˇcek’s Jen ˚ufa is a dark and stunning masterpiece, one of the great works of the past century. In this profoundly moving story, the Kostelniˇcka secretly drowns her foster- daughter Jen ˚ufa’s illegitimate child, hoping to save Jen ˚ufa— and herself—from shame and humiliation. When the murder is discovered, the Kostelniˇcka accepts the consequences, but Jen ˚ufa ends the opera with hope for the future. Performing Janáˇcek’s magnificent score is an enthralling cast led by Czech maestro Jakub Hru˚ ša in Claus Guth’s mesmerizing production. Tristram Kenton/Royal Opera House