Katia Kabanova London 2023 Simon Rattle Amanda Majeski, Simon O’Neill, Katarina Dalayman, Magdalena Kožená
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Katia Kabanova aka Káťa Kabanová
- Composer: Janacek Leos
- Libretto: Leos Janacek
- Venue & Opera Company: Barbican Centre, London, UK
- Recorded: January 13, 2023
- Type: Concert Live
- Singers: Amanda Majeski, Simon O’Neill, Katarina Dalayman, Andrew Staples, Ladislav Elgr, Magdalena Kožená, Pavlo Hunka, Claire Barnett-Jones, Lukáš Zeman
- Conductor: Simon Rattle
- Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
- Chorus: London Symphony Chorus
- Chorus Master: William Spaulding
Information about the Recording
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, ensubs
- Video Recording from: MARQUEE FULL VIDEO
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Káťa Kabanová (also known in various spellings including Katia, Katja, Katya, and Kabanowa) is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by the composer based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky, translated by Vincenc Červinka [cs]. The opera was also largely inspired by Janáček’s love for Kamila Stösslová. Although he was 67 when it was premiered, Káťa Kabanová is a clear response to Janáček’s feelings for Kamila, and the work is dedicated to her. The first performance was at the National Theatre Brno on 23 November 1921.
The opera has had a complex publication history. František Neumann, the conductor of the opera’s first performance, made changes that were incorporated into the first publication of the score in 1922 by Universal Edition. Conductor Václav Talich later produced a “re-orchestrated” version of the score. In 1992, Sir Charles Mackerras published a critical edition of the opera.