In a small industrial community, lost in the vast landscape of Russia, Kátya is torn between her love of a younger man and her duty as a wife. This insightful new production brings the shattering effects of oppression and isolation to the fore as Kátya is inexorably drawn towards the ever-present Volga river, and the escape it alone can offer… Read more …
All in all, the passion is strangely underplayed, except for Vanya and Varvara, whose ripe performances by Trystan Llŷr Griffiths and Hanna Hipp inject a juiciness and lust.
The universally superb cast measures up to the emotional gymnastics of Janacek’s music, with Patricia Bardon (Marfa), Ric Furman (Boris) and Samuel Sakker (Tikhon) giving formidable expression to the forces that assail the ill-fated Katya.
This new staging of Leoš Janáček’s opera Kátya Kabanová could be Scottish Opera's stand-out piece of the year.
Laura Wilde is beyond breathtaking in new Scottish Opera production of 1921 Czech melodrama.
Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Tuesday March 12, 2019, until Saturday March 16, 2019. More info: www.theambassadors.com/theatreroyalglasgow/
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh from Thursday March 21, 2019, until Saturday March 23, 2019. More info: http://www.edtheatres.com/festival
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