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Jenůfa-16 February 1968 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: Covent Garden Opera Company
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Revival
Conductor Rafael Kubelik
Chorus Master Douglas Robinson
Leader Charles Taylor
Cast
Jenůfa
step-daughter of the Kostelnička 		Marie Collier
Grandmother Buryja
owner of the mill 		Elizabeth Bainbridge
Laca Klemeň
her step-grandson 		Richard Cassilly
Jano
a shepherd boy 		Vivien Townley
Barena
servant-girl in the mill 		Maria Pellegrini
Foreman
of the mill 		Otakar Kraus
The Kostelnička
widow, and daughter-in-law of Grandmother Buryja (Kostelnička means wife of the sexton or sacristan) 		Astrid Varnay
Woman Elizabeth Shelley
Števa Buryja
grandson and heir of Grandmother Buryja, step-brother of Laca 		John Lanigan
A Maid Maureen Morelle
Mayor
of the village 		David Kelly
His Wife Janet Coster
Karolka
their daughter 		Patricia Reakes
Musicians, Villagers, Recruits, Millhands and Village girls The Covent Garden Opera Chorus
The Covent Garden Opera Ballet
Children from Edith Cavell School
The Covent Garden Orchestra
Language: English
Translator: Edward Downes, Otakar Kraus
Information source: Royal Opera House programme for 16 February 1968 (in Royal Opera House Collections)