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Jenufa. (Metropolitan Opera).
BROADCAST OF JANUARY 25, 2003 SPONSORED BY CHEVRONTEXACO OVER THE CHEVRONTEXACO-METROPILITAN OPERA INTERNATIONAL RADIO NETWORK, 1:30 P.M.
Music by Leos Janacek Libretto by the composer, after a play by Gabriela Preissova
THE STORY
ACT I. In a quiet Moravian village, Jenufa waits anxiously to hear if her beloved Steva is to be drafted, for she is carrying his child. Steva's stepbrother, Laca, secretly loves Jenufa but tries to hide his feelings by making offensive comments about her to his grandmother--who owns the nearby mill--and to the mill's Foreman. The shepherd boy Jano enters, thrilled that he can read and thanking Jenufa for teaching ...
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