PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
LIVE RECORDING FROM THE MALMÖ OPERA, SWEDEN, 2011
Grandmother Buryjovka INGRID TOBIASSON
Kostelnicka Buryjovka GITTA-MARIA SJÖBERG
Jenufa ERIKA SUNNEGÅRDH
Laca Klemen DANIEL FRANK

ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS OF THE MALMÖ OPERA
Conducted by MARKO IVANOVIC
Stage Directed by ORPHA PHELAN
Set and Costume Design by LESLIE TRAVERS

We can talk about a moving drama set to wonderful music, or constantly recall the tragic realities of our own time, honour killings being among them. Not long ago this was a controversial work by a composer from the European margin. Today this opera about strong yet vulnerable women, seemingly bearers of their own repression, is recognized as one of the great masterpieces in the opera repertoire. It was created by a radical young female playwright, who preferred to write about other peoples lives rather than her own, and a male composer, passionate up to old age about new aspects of man and human existence. Why does one want others to be hit by Jenufa a tragedy of ordinary human beings that affects deeply, beyond historical and cultural differences? A strong music drama of unsentimental compassion how could one not want to share it with as many people as possible?

Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC
Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, Svenska
Running Time: 121 mins
FSK: 0
Region Code: 0

REVIEW
The production eminently deserved documentation; it is competitive with any of the other three fine Jenufas currently on DVD and should indeed be shared with the widest possible audience. --Roger Pines, International Record Review