Leos Janácek - Kát'a Kabanová

Janáček's three-act opera Katya Kabanova, staged by Barrie Kosky and staged at the Felsenreitschule by Czech conductor Jakub Hrůša with an international cast of soloists, was performed on August 7 at the 2022 Salzburg Festival. The opera is based on the play The Storm by Aleksandr Ostrovsky. Set in a small Russian town, the story revolves around Káta, who is trapped in a loveless marriage to an abusive man named Boris. When she meets and falls in love with a young man named Vána Kudrjáš, she finally experiences happiness and passion. But their relationship is short-lived, as Boris finds out and forces Káta to confess her infidelity in front of the entire town. The opera explores themes of social conformity, oppression, and the consequences of forbidden love. Stage director Barrie Kosky creates an intimate but impressive setting in the magnificent Felsenreitschule.

Cast

Teresa Vogl

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Corinne Winters

Katěrina Kabanova

Evelyn Herlitzius

Marfa Ignatěvna Kabanova (Kabanicha)

David Butt Philip

Boris Grigorjevič

Jarmila Balážová

Varvara

Jaroslav Březina

Tichon Ivanyč Kabanov

Benjamin Hulett

Váňa Kudrjáš

Jens Larsen

Savël Prokofjevič Dikoj

Michael Mofidian

Kuligin