Tatjana Gürbaca’s Geneva staging of Kátya Kabanová travels to Brno

Aleš Briscein (Boris) and Corinne Winters (Kátya)

Magnus Vigilius (Tichon) and Elena Zhidkova (Kabanicha)

Corinne Winters (Kátya)

Corinne Winters (Kátya) and Ena Pongrac (Varvara)

Corinne Winters (Kátya) and Aleš Briscein (Boris)

By Gianmarco Segato, 14 November 2022

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“American soprano Corinne Winters invested herself fully in this conception”

Reviewed at Janáček Theatre (Janáčkovo divadlo), Brno on 13 November 2022

Janáček, Kátya Kabanová

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Tomáš Netopil, Conductor

Tatjana Gürbaca, Director

Henrik Ahr, Set Designer

Barbara Drosihn, Costume Designer

Stefan Bolliger, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Corinne Winters, Kátya

Aleš Briscein, Boris

Elena Zhidkova, Kabanicha

Magnus Vigilius, Tichon

Tómas Tómasson, Dikój

Sam Furness, Kudrjaš

Ena Pongrac, Varvara

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Gianmarco Segato

Arts writer, administrator and singer Gianmarco Segato is Assistant Editor for La Scena Musicale. He was Associate Artist Manager for opera at Dean Artists Management and, from 2017-2022, Editorial Director of Opera Canada magazine. Previous to that he was Adult Programs Manager with the Canadian Opera Company. Gianmarco is an intrepid classical music traveler with a special love of Prague and Budapest as well as an avid cyclist and cook.

Tatjana Gürbaca’s Geneva staging of Kátya Kabanová travels to Brno’s Janáček Festival