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Janáček's Katya Kabanova (1921), a grim tale of adultery, insanity, and suicide, has seen more frequent performances in recent years. This recording is the result of a desirable sequence of events: a concert performance that followed a fully staged performance, allowing the singers to deepen their encounters with the music. The staged opera was given at the Royal Opera House. The concert performance was made later at the Barbican, with microphones, and the recording quality is unusually good. Everything feels close-up; the orchestra was on stage, not in a pit, and the drive and color of Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra come through in full. Rattle's wife, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, gets top billing, understandably enough, in some listings of this recording. However, it is really soprano Amanda Majeski, in the title role (Kožená is sister Varvara, who leads Katya to her doom), who deserves most of the credit for the considerable dramatic effectiveness, catching all the details of her character's deterioration. In addition to the Royal Opera House production, she has sung the role at the Chicago Lyric Opera and several other major houses, and she now knows it arguably better than any other singer. There are pleasures here among the rest of the cast as well, but the attraction here is to experience an excellent interpretation of one of the great roles in 20th century opera.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 1 (Leoš Janáček)
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act I Scene 2 (Leoš Janáček)
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
DISC 2
Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 1 (Leoš Janáček)
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act II Scene 2 (Leoš Janáček)
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 1 (Leoš Janáček)
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Lukas Zeman, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - London Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Katya Kabanova, JW I/8, Act III Scene 2 (Leoš Janáček)
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Magdalena Kozená, MainArtist - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist - Ladislav Elgr, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Lukas Zeman, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Simon O'Neill, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Andrew Staples, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Sir Simon Rattle, Conductor, MainArtist - London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Leos Janácek, Composer - Katarina Dalayman, MainArtist - London Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Claire Barnett-Jones, MainArtist - Amanda Majeski, MainArtist, SopranoSolo - Pavlo Hunka, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals - Lukas Zeman, MainArtist, BaritoneVocals
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Album review
Janáček's Katya Kabanova (1921), a grim tale of adultery, insanity, and suicide, has seen more frequent performances in recent years. This recording is the result of a desirable sequence of events: a concert performance that followed a fully staged performance, allowing the singers to deepen their encounters with the music. The staged opera was given at the Royal Opera House. The concert performance was made later at the Barbican, with microphones, and the recording quality is unusually good. Everything feels close-up; the orchestra was on stage, not in a pit, and the drive and color of Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra come through in full. Rattle's wife, mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená, gets top billing, understandably enough, in some listings of this recording. However, it is really soprano Amanda Majeski, in the title role (Kožená is sister Varvara, who leads Katya to her doom), who deserves most of the credit for the considerable dramatic effectiveness, catching all the details of her character's deterioration. In addition to the Royal Opera House production, she has sung the role at the Chicago Lyric Opera and several other major houses, and she now knows it arguably better than any other singer. There are pleasures here among the rest of the cast as well, but the attraction here is to experience an excellent interpretation of one of the great roles in 20th century opera.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
- Total length: 01:39:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra, Amanda Majeski, Simon O'Neill, Katarina Dalayman, Andrew Staples, Ladislav Elgr
- Composer: Leoš Janáček
- Label: LSO Live
- Genre: Classical Opera
2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd 2024 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
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