Swedish soprano Malin Bystrom sings the role of the damsel in distress, but some of the heftiest vocals are taken up by the great Karita Mattila, the Finnish soprano who plays Jenufa’s stepmother Kostelnicka. Saturday and up to nearly midnight Sunday as San Francisco Opera streams its 2016 production of Janacek’s masterpiece. You can tune in starting any time after 10 a.m. Things start to go downhill from there, with jealousy, face slashing and murder all central to the plot. Love and death and redemption on tap: All is not well in the seemingly idyllic little mill town in Moravia, the setting of Leos Janacek’s 1904 opera, “Jenufa.” Our title character has gotten herself illicitly pregnant (well, not quite all by herself), and she is terrified that the baby’s father (who drinks too much, of course) will become a soldier instead of marrying her. Soprano Malin Bystrom and tenor William Burden starred in San Francisco Opera’s 2016 production of Janacek’s “Jenufa.” (Photo courtesy Cory Weaver/San Francisco Opera) James MacMillan's ferociously beautiful percussion concerto, with Evelyn Glennie as soloist, filled Davies Hall with an explosion of musical and religious fervor.The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. 'Veni, Veni, Emmanuel,' April 11, San Francisco Symphony. premiere of John Adams' haunting and wise Nativity oratorio made its mark.Ħ. Even in the face of Peter Sellars' frenetic visuals, the U.S. Verdi's intricate tale of paternal love and political intrigue has a reputation for obscurity, but you wouldn't know it from this brilliant revival, with the commanding Paolo Gavanelli in the title role.ĥ. 'Simon Boccanegra,' June 16, San Francisco Opera. No one has fun like director- choreographer Mark Morris, and the revival of his version of Jean-Philippe Rameau's Baroque opera - about an unsightly marsh nymph with romantic ideas above her station - was the year's comic hit.Ĥ. Janacek's searing family melodrama, crowned by an emotionally forthright and musically exquisite performance by soprano Patricia Racette in the title role, proved the hit of a lackluster fall opera season.ģ. Heady stuff under any circumstances coming in the wake of the terrorist attacks they were simply unforgettable.Ģ.

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