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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Composer. Leos Janáćek composed this opera in 1901. It was first performed in Brünn in 1904; received its first recognition when it was produced in Prague in 1916. Janáček, now a celebrity, abhors saccharine melody in opera...
...picture of fresh, rustic loveliness, acted and sang with never-failing variety and vitality" (The New York World). According to The New York Times, her Jenufa is "undoubtedly one of her finest accomplishments." Janacek, the composer, and Jeritza are compatriots. Jeritza was born and brought up in Brünn, the little town in Czecho-Slovakia where Janáćek has spent the greater part of his life. She made her operatic debut in Olmütz, from there she went to the Vienna Volksopcr (People's Opera) and thence to the Hofoper (Imperial Court Opera). She would...