Music & Text - Leos Janacek

Welsh National Opera. 2022

Revival Director

Director: Katie Mitchell

Conductor: Tomas Hanus

Design: Vicki Mortimer

Light: Nigel Edwards

Movement Direction: Struan Leslie

Reviews:

‘Katie Mitchell’s production for the Welsh National Opera was first seen in 1998 but has lost none of its claustrophobic power in the hands of revival director Eloise Lally. Dramatic gestures large and small are delivered with care and concision, aligned with the rhythmic subtlety emanating from the pit’

****Steph Power, The Stage

‘Shame flourishes in secrecy. It blossoms in the claustrophobic domestic interiors of Katie Mitchell’s 1998 Jenufa, revived here by Eloise Lally for Welsh National Opera’

****Rebecca Franks, The Times

‘This was a wholly compelling performance from cast, chorus and orchestra alike, embracing such empathy and commitment as to leave its audience deeply moved and more than a bit drained’

**** Rian Evans, The Guardian