Janáček's Jenůfa

Name: Janáček's Jenůfa
Start: 2025-05-17T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-17T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44106

Schedule

Sat May 17 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, United States, Ohio 44106 | Cleveland, OH

JANÁČEK Jenůfa
Performing Artists
The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, conductor
Latonia Moore, soprano (Jenůfa)
Pavol Breslik, tenor (Laca)
Miles Mykkanen, tenor (Števa)
Nina Stemme, soprano (Kostelnička)
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus
A harrowing tale of forbidden love, desperation, and reconciliation, Jenůfa is a strikingly original opera with an intense drama at its core. When Jenůfa gives birth to a child out of wedlock in a claustrophobic village community, her stepmother secretly kills her baby to protect Jenůfa’s honor and future. In the end, Jenůfa is reconciled with the terrible events of her life through the power of forgiveness. Starring acclaimed sopranos Latonia Moore and Nina Stemme, Jenůfa is a story of a nuclear family that, while psychologically disturbing, is musically a profound expression of the human condition.
This production is part of the 2025 Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival