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“Soap opera at its best”: Katie Mitchell's Jenůfa at Dutch National Opera

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“a dramatically engrossing, moving performance”
Reviewed at Dutch National Opera and Ballet, Amsterdam on 6 October 2018
Janáček, Jenůfa
Dutch National Opera
Tomáš Netopil, Conductor
Katie Mitchell, Director
Lizzie Clachan, Set Designer, Costume Designer
Annette Dasch, Jenůfa
Evelyn Herlitzius, Kostelnička
Norman Reinhardt, Števa Buryja
Pavel Černoch, Laca Klemeň
Hanna Schwarz, Grandmother Buryjovka
Jeremy White, Mayor
Francis van Broekhuizen, Mayor's wife
Sophia Burgos, Jano
Karin Strobos, Karolka
Henry Waddington, Stárek, Mill foreman
Gloria Giurgola, Barena
Johanna Dur, Pastuchyňa
Polly Leech, Pastuchyňa
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra
Michel van der Aa’s Theory of Flames: defining opera for a modern age
****1
Dutch National Ballet brings much needed heat to this winter season
****1
Semele at Dutch National Opera: myth, desire and fantasy
****1
Dutch National Ballet's Program B is the A+ Program in New York
*****
Dutch National Ballet's opener in New York: meandering and unfocused
***11
Stikhina and Clayton shine in DNO's uneven Maid of Orleans
***11
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