Leoš Janáček is now acknowledged as one of the greatest opera composers of the early 20th century and Jenůfa is perhaps his finest and certainly his most intense work. It is not often seen, however, ...

Thomas Atkins’s števa, who has fathered the child is less forceful, but there is excellent support in smaller parts from the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker artists. Corrine Winters as Jenůfa ...

This revival was Jakub Hrusa’s first production as Covent Garden’s music director designate – the venue is in safe hands ...

We feel her desperation in front of the feckless Števa – a ringing, handsome characterisation by the ever more impressive Thomas Atkins (pictured below with Winters) – and the horror of what she feels ...

Herself an admired former exponent of the opera’s title role ... a problem most successfully surmounted by Thomas Atkins as the morally shabby Števa and Nicky Spence, embodying the damaged ...

Having been warned by a friend that opera will oppress or even suppress ... almost cracked sound. Thomas Atkins as Števa Buryja was cocksure in his swaggering stage walk and seemed every inch ...

Thomas Atkins is the new Steva. Guth’s symbolic, psychologically probing production seems more potent than ever with Hrusa at the helm. The musical directorship of the Royal Opera is ...

Thomas Atkins’s števa, who has fathered the child is less forceful, but there is excellent support in smaller parts from the Royal Opera’s Jette Parker artists. A key newcomer to this revival is the ...

Thomas Atkins as Steva and Corinne Winters as Jenufa ... who was making his maiden appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera House. He sculpts his sound with the fastidiousness ...

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