Leos Janácek: Kát'a Kabanová

Contents

• 1. Introduction John Tyrrell
• 2. Ostrovsky's play 'The Thunderstorm' Cynthia Marsh
• 3. The libretto John Tyrrell
• 4. Synopsis: innocence and guilt in 'Kat'a Kabanova' Wilfrid Mellers
• 5. Composition and the Brno and Prague premieres: letters and reviews John Tyrrell
• 6. Stage history and reception (i) general survey Svatava Pribanova (ii) 'Kat'a Kabanova' in the United Kingdom Adrienne Simpson (iii) 'Kat'a Kabanova' in the USA Barbara Hampton Renton
• 7. Textual problems (i) the interludes Theodora Strakova (ii) orchestration problems and the revised edition Charles Mackerras (iii) Janacek and the viola d'amore John Tyrrell
• 8. Interpretations (i) 'Katja Kabanova' Max Brod (1924) (ii) les autres oeuvres dramatiques: 'Katia Kabanova' Daniel Muller (1930) (iii) Janacek and 'Katya Kabanova' Winton Dean (1954) (iv) Leos Janacek K.-H. Woerner (1969) (v) producing 'Kat'a Kabanova'
• Notes
• Productions of 'Kat'a Kabanova' Svatava Pribanova
• Sources
• Bibliography
• Discography Malcolm Walker.