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An evening talk and recital.
Samantha Crawford and Lada Valesova explore the female roles in the operas of the great Czech composers, Dvorak, Janacek and Smetana. During this entertaining and illuminating evening they will perform highlights and discuss the music and characterisation in depth. Afterwards there are limited spaces for a dinner with these two fascinating artists.
Katya Kabanova, Jenufa and Rusalka are the title roles in just three masterpieces in the Czech repertoire. Katya is unhappily married and tormented by her bullying mother-in-law, Kabanicha. This story of a lonely wife longing for love and freedom is rich in psychological insight. Jenufa reveals the lives of two courageous women struggling for fulfilment in a small rural community. Janacek movingly captures Jenufa’s emotional development, while her stepmother, the Kostelnicka is one of opera’s most complex maternal figures. When Rusalka, Dvorak’s water nymph, falls in love with a mortal she strikes a terrible bargain with the witch Jezibaba to gain mortality herself. This dark and symbolic retelling of the Little Mermaid story is enhanced by the spellbinding and luminous soprano aria, the famous Song to the Moon.
General admission £45 + booking fee
Ticket including post performance dinner & wine £100 + booking fee
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