Jenůfa ROH

When a beautiful young woman in rural Moravia becomes unexpectedly pregnant she learns that love is sometimes only skindeep Asmik Grigorian as Jenůfa in her Covent Garden debut and Karita Mattila as the Kostelnička lead a star cast with Hungarian conductor Henrik Nánási conducting a stunning score infused with traditional folk melodies of Janáčeks native Moravia Claus Guths acclaimed staging both elegant and open while being utterly claustrophobic and oppressive captures the great humanity at the heart of the opera