Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Jenufa: Translations and Pronunciation
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- Timothy Cheek
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Hardcover
- 9781442275188
- 9.1 X 6 X 1.1 inches
- 1.25 pounds
- Music > Genres & Styles - Opera
- English
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Czech composer Leos Jan�ček's most famous opera, Jenůfa is a harrowing tale of forbidden love, abandonment, hypocrisy, desperation, and tragic infanticide. As today's second most frequently performed Czech opera (following Dvor�k's Rusalka), Jenůfa holds a prominent place in international opera repertoire and continues to draw the attention of new audiences. Drawing on both scholarly studies and production experience, Timothy Cheek presents an original English-language translation of the original Czech libretto. As with the first two books in the Jan�ček Opera Libretti series (Př�hody lisky Bystrousky, The Cunning Little Vixen and K�t'a Kabanov�), this volume consists of two parts. Part One gives background on the opera, a discussion about the various voice types and roles, Jan�ček's style and Czech performance traditions, Czech folk costumes, and a summary of Czech pronunciation and inflection. Part Two provides the original Czech libretto, word-for-word English translations, idiomatic English translations, IPA for pronunciation of the Czech, translations of the stage directions, and notes about certain words in Czech dialect. As a valuable resource not only for performers and directors, but also historians and opera lovers, this book brings new accessibility to a beloved and timeless opera.
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