Katia Kabanova

The oppressive atmosphere before a storm and the tragic fate of a tormented young woman form the indivisible elements of "Katia Kabanova". The opera's action is set in a small Russian village around 1860 and represents the annihilation and subsequent suicide of Katerina Kabanova, a sensitive young woman married to a weak man and bullied by her mother-in-law, who is searching for liberation through love and ends her life consumed by remorse for her infidelity. The story's common denominator is the Volga river, a witness of the main character's hapless family relations and her frustrated passion, and in whose merciful waters she finally finds peace. The adaptation into the Czech language of Ostrovsky's tragic play "The Storm" allowed Janáček to create one of his most outstanding operas, in which the conciseness and intensity of the musical language are merged with the dramatic force of his libretto. This is the Teatro Madrid Production Recorded in December, 2008.

Cast

Oleg Bryjak Dikoj

Miroslav Dvorský Boris

Dalia Schächter Kabanicha

Guy du May Tichon

Karita Mattila Káťa Kabanová Gordon Gietz Kudrjas Natascha Petrinsky Varvara Marco Moncloa Kuligin Itxaro Mentxaka Glasa María José Suárez Feklusa

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