Scottish Opera - Jenufa Reviews
18 April 2024
Lee Bisset (Jenůfa), Chorus
Kathryn Harries (Kostelnička)
Kathryn Harries (Kostelnička), Sam Furness (Števa)
Kathryn Harries (Kostelnička), Lee Bisset (Jenůfa), Peter Wedd (Laca)
Lee Bisset (Jenůfa)

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Jenufa

Scottish Opera


No. of reviews: 11

A performance full of raw emotions
20 Apr 15 / The Opera Critic
Even at the tragic heart of Janáček's Jenůfa there is ambiguity
20 Apr 15 / The Arts Desk
Lee Bisset's Jenůfa, enhanced by her own pregnancy, is strong and dignified
19 Apr 15 / Edinburgh Guide
Scottish Opera’s Jenufa transposed to the west of Ireland makes perfect sense
13 Apr 15 / The Observer
A night to remember
11 Apr 15 / Opera Britannia
Scottish Opera’s Jenůfa impresses with its integrity and power to stun
11 Apr 15 / Seen and Heard
Powerful and haunting
10 Apr 15 / Bachtrack
Scottish Opera’s co-production is intelligent and sensitive
9 Apr 15 / The Guardian
This production's strong cast made the force of Jenůfa's tragedy hit home
9 Apr 15 / Telegraph
Miskimmon’s production is focused and detailed
9 Apr 15 / The Stage
Go see, but take a hanky
9 Apr 15 / The Herald
A Janacek champion in the Mackerras mould
Annilese Miskimmon - director of a new production that opens at Scottish Opera next week - says she is determined to investigate the many tangled dimensions of the relationships in the opera.
Production details
Cast
Bisset, Harries, Wedd, Furness, Owens, Allenby, May, Pring, Kennedy, Coad
(c) Stratford (d) Miskimmon
Performance dates
7, 9, 11, 16, 18 April 2015 (Glasgow & Edinburgh)
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