Katia Kabanova

Katia Kabanova

Music

The oppressive atmosphere before a storm and the tragic fate of a tormented young woman form the indivisible elements of "Katia Kabanova". The opera's action is set in a small Russian village around 1860 and represents the annihilation and subsequent suicide of Katerina Kabanova, a sensitive young woman married to a weak man and bullied by her mother-in-law, who is searching for liberation through love and ends her life consumed by remorse for her infidelity. The story's common denominator is the Volga river, a witness of the main character's hapless family relations and her frustrated passion, and in whose merciful waters she finally finds peace. The adaptation into the Czech language of Ostrovsky's tragic play "The Storm" allowed Janáček to create one of his most outstanding operas, in which the conciseness and intensity of the musical language are merged with the dramatic force of his libretto. This is the Teatro Madrid Production Recorded in December, 2008.

Director: Robert Carsen

Casts

	Oleg Bryjak as Dikoj
	Miroslav Dvorský as Boris
	Dalia Schächter as Kabanicha
	Guy du May as Tichon
	Karita Mattila as Káťa Kabanová
	Gordon Gietz as Kudrjas
	Natascha Petrinsky as Varvara
	Marco Moncloa as Kuligin
	Itxaro Mentxaka as Glasa
	María José Suárez as Feklusa

Crew