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Summary:

" ... a musical study of social milieu. Christof Loy moves the action of Janáček's drama, revolving around the strict sacristan (the Kostelnička) who drowns her stepdaughter Jenůfa's illegitimate child for fear of gossip and concern for her future, to a bare white room in which passage of the seasons is only hinted. It is the sacristan's stark prison cell--where he recounts past events and takes the spectator into the story seen in retrospective."--Container.

Contributors:

Janáček, Leoš, 1854-1928 , composer, librettist

Schwarz, Hanna , singer

Elgr, Ladislav , singer

Hartmann, Will , singer

Larmore, Jennifer , singer

Kaune, Michaela , singer

Runnicles, Donald, 1954- , conductor

Loy, Christof, 1962- , stage director

Becker, Dirk, 1964- , set designer

Weihrauch, Judith , costume designer

Purkrabek, Bernd, 1982- , lighting designer

Large, Brian , film director

Preissová, Gabriela Sekerová, 1862-1946

Deutsche Oper Berlin > Orchester , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Deutsche Oper Berlin > Chor , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Unitel Classica (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Deutsche Oper Berlin , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

Czech
Chinese
English
French
German
Italian
Korean
Spanish

Language Notes:

Sung in Czech with optional Spanish, French, English, Italian, Korean, German, or Chinese subtitles.

Included Works:

Jenůfa [by Janáček, L.]

Related Works:

Opera adaptation of: Její pastorkyňa [by Preissová, G.S.]

Subjects:

Operas

Sacristans — Drama

Illegitimate children — Drama

Prisons — Drama

Sacristans

Illegitimate children

Prisons

Genres:

Operas

Filmed performances

Feature films

Nonfiction films

Drama

System Details:

DVD, NTSC, region 0, PCM stereo, DD 5.0; 16x9 format.

Performers:

Hanna Schwarz (Stařenka Buryjovka) ; Ladislav Elgr (Števa Buryja) ; Will Hartmann (Laca Klemeň) ; Jennifer Larmore (Kostelnička Buryjovka) ; Michaela Kaune (Jenůfa) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Donald Runnicles, conductor.

Production Credits:

Christof Loy, stage director ; Dirk Becker, set designer ; Judith Weihrauch, costume designer ; Bernd Purkrabek, lighting designer ; Brian Large, video director.

General Notes:

Recorded live Deutsche Oper Berlin 2014.
Widescreen.
Program notes and synopsis in English, French, and German (22 pages : illustrations) in container.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (2:10:01) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

optical; stereo; surround; digital; PCM; Dolby Digital 5.0

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; all regions

Call Numbers:

MDVD 01147

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 807280906998
Publisher Number, Arthaus: 109069

OCLC Numbers:

921308925