Janácek’s brooding opera of emotional turmoil is directed by Trevor Nunn and conducted by Charles Mackerras. 

Katya is trapped in a claustrophobic marriage to a weak husband and oppressed by a jealous mother-in-law. Boris has fallen in love with Katya, whose meddlesome sister-in-law brings the two together.

Sung in Czech with English surtitles.

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