 | Performing in Leos Janácek's "Kát'a Kabanová" are Sara Jakubiak (left) as Varvara and Jennifer Black in the title role. In this scene, acted during a dress rehearsal, Varvara lends a sympathetic ear to the unhappy Kát'a. |
Yale Opera will present a staged performance of Leos Janácek's psychological drama "Kát'a Kabanová" on Friday and Saturday, April 15 and 16, at 8 p.m. in Sprague Memorial Hall, corner of College and Wall streets.
"Kát'a Kabanová" is the tale of a sensitive and pious woman who is trapped in a loveless marriage and succumbs to her yearnings for another man. The source of the libretto is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky called "The Storm," and the opera culminates in a shocking confession during a violent thunderstorm. Janácek wrote the opera late in his life, and the work has been hailed for the way it derives expressive melodic shapes directly from the cadences of speech.
The opera will feature singers from the Yale Opera program, under the musical direction of Eric Trudel. Doris Yarick Cross, professor of voice at the Yale School of Music, is artistic director of Yale Opera.
Marc Verzatt will direct the production. Among the numerous opera and theatrical productions that Verzatt has directed are Floyd's "Susannah" at the Houston Grand Opera, "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" for the Florida Grand Opera, Donizetti's "L'Elisir d'Amore" for the Fort Worth Opera and Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" for the Austin Shakespeare Festival. Verzatt began his theatrical career as a dancer with New York City's Metropolitan Opera and spent several seasons there before leaving to pursue his interest in directing. He made his professional directing debut with a production of Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffman" at Opera/Columbus, and directed last year's Yale Opera production of Puccinis' "Gianni Schichi" and "Suor Angelica" in the Shubert Theater.
Tickets for "Kát'a Kabanová" are $12 and $8; $5 for students. For more information, contact the School of Music box office at (203) 432-4158 or visit www.yale.edu/music.
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