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Lise Davidsen's role debut anchors satisfying Jenůfa from Amsterdam

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“this is grab-you-by-the-throat music and the NRPO played it as such”
Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 30 January 2021
Janáček, Jenůfa (Concert performance)
Patrick Lange, Conductor
Lise Davidsen, Jenůfa
Claude Eichenberger, Kostelnička
David Butt Philip, Laca Klemeň
Pavel Petrov, Števa Buryja
Esther Kuiper, Barena, Pastuchyňa
Judith Weusten, Jano
Nikki Treurniet, Karolka
Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Mayor's wife
Helena Rasker, Grandmother Buryjovka
Frederik Bergman, Stárek, Mill foreman
Timo Riihonen, Mayor
David Cavelius, Choirmaster / chorus director
Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
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