Jeji pastorkyna
Opera in three acts
Libretto
Leos Janacek, nach dem Schauspiel von Gabriela Preissová
Premiere
21 January 1904, Brno (National Theatre)
Cast
GRANDMOTHER BURYJOVKA (contralto)
LACA KLEMEN (tenor)
STEVA BURYJA (tenor)
KOSTELNICKA BURYJOVKA (soprano)
JENUFA (soprano)
MILL FOREMAN (baritone)
MAYOR (baritone)
MAYOR'S WIFE (mezzo-soprano)
KAROLKA (mezzo-soprano)
MAID (mezzo-soprano)
BARENA (soprano)
JANO (soprano)
AUNT (contralto)
CHORUS
villagers and labourers, recruits, girls
Place
The Buryja mill in a remote village in Moravia
Time
End of the 19th century