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Norman Lebrecht on Music This earthy opera is a real sob story ONE OPERA ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY. Knowing what is to come, I have a handkerchief in hand and manage to keep it dry until the interval. But when the curtain rises on the second act of Jenůfa, as the foster mother decides to kill her daughter’s hidden baby, I am undone. Nothing in opera surpasses that single scenic blow to the seat of emotions. The effect is so visceral that I have seen cellists in the orchestra weep as they play and stagehands wipe their eyes on a sleeve. Not even the most perverse stage director (we’ll come to them) can disrupt the power of this opera, drawn from the darkest reaches of the soul. Years ago, tramping…

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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025

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