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Rattle conducts a Jenůfa to sear the soul at the Staatsoper Berlin

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“vocally ruthless as the Kostelnička... a killer with a crucifix brooch that proclaims her hypocrisy”
Reviewed at Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin on 13 February 2021
Janáček, Jenůfa
Staatsoper Berlin
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor
Damiano Michieletto, Director
Paolo Fantin, Set Designer
Carla Teti, Costume Designer
Alessandro Carletti, Lighting Designer
Camilla Nylund, Jenůfa
Evelyn Herlitzius, Kostelnička
Ladislav Elgr, Števa Buryja
Stuart Skelton, Laca Klemeň
Hanna Schwarz, Grandmother Buryjovka
Adriane Queiroz, Barena
David Oštrek, Mayor
Natalia Skrycka, Mayor's wife
Victoria Randem, Jano
Evelin Novak, Karolka
Jan Martiník, Stárek, Mill foreman
Staatsopernchor Berlin
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