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Janáček's score, Alden's direction and Wigglesworth's conducting make a searing Jenůfa at ENO

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“David Alden gets very strong acting performances from every one of his singers”
Reviewed at The London Coliseum, London on 23 June 2016
Janáček, Jenůfa
Mark Wigglesworth, Conductor
David Alden, Director
Charles Edwards, Set Designer
Jon Morrell, Costume Designer
Laura Wilde, Jenůfa
Michaela Martens, Kostelnička
Peter Hoare, Laca Klemeň
Nicky Spence, Števa Buryja
Valerie Reid, Grandmother Buryjovka
Soraya Mafi, Karolka
Sarah Labiner, Jano
Graeme Danby, Stárek, Mill foreman, Mayor
TBC, Mayor's wife
English National Opera Orchestra
English National Opera Chorus
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