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Janácek: Katia Kabanova / Actors: Karita Mattila, Oleg Bryjak / Directors: Robert Carsen, François Roussillon / DVD

Name: Janácek: Katia Kabanova / Actors: Karita Mattila, Oleg Bryjak / Directors: Robert Carsen, François Roussillon / DVD / Made in the EU
SKU: 3770002003046
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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 Vincenc Červinka [cz], based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky. The opera was also largely inspired by Janáček's love for Kamila Stösslová. This is often considered his first "mature" opera, despite the fact that 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 1922 Universal Edition, the first publication of the score. The conductor Václav Talich later produced a "re-orchestrated" version of the score. In 1992, Sir Charles Mackerras published a critical edition of the opera.

Director: ‎ Robert Carsen, François Roussillon
Media Format: ‎ Color, NTSC, Classical
Run Time: ‎ 1 hour and 48 minutes
Release Date: ‎ February 8, 2011
Actors: ‎ Karita Mattila, Oleg Bryjak, Guy de Mey, Gordon Gietz, Jirí Belohlávek
Subtitles: ‎ German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
Producers: ‎ Teatro Real
Language: ‎ Czech (DTS 5.1), Czech (Stereo)
Studio: ‎ Fra Musica