Káťa Kabanová
Káťa Kabanová (Katya Kabanova). Opera in 3 acts by Janáček to his own lib. based on the play The Storm (Groza) (1859) by A. N. Ostrovsky (1823–86) in Cz. trans. by V. Červinka. Comp. 1919–21. Prod. Brno 1921, London (SW) 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, 1957. (This was first Janáček opera to be staged in London, but a Brno perf. had been broadcast in 1948.)
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