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Janacek's Operas Janacek's Operas A DOCUMENTARY ACCOUNT John Tyrrell PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY ©John Tyrrell, 1992 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any other information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. First published in the United States of America in 1992 by Princeton University Press 41 William Street, Princeton, NewJersey 08540 First published in Great Britain in 1992 by Faber and Faber Limited 3 Queen Square, London wcin 3 au Printed in Great Britain Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Janacek, Leos, 1854-1928 Janacek's operas: a documentary account / (edited by) John Tyrrell p. cm. Letters and other writings, chiefly by Janacek. Translated from Czech or German. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-691-09148-x i. Janacek, Leos, 1854-1928. Operas. 2. Opera. I. Tyrrell. John. II. Title. ML410.J18A4 1992 782.1^92—dc20 92-16091 CIP MN TO DR THEODORA STRAKOVA AND IN MEMORY OF DR OTAKAR FIALA Contents List of Illustrations ix Preface xi Notes for the Reader xv Map xviii Chronology of Janacek's Life and Works xix i Sarka i z The Beginning of a Romance 21 3 Jenufa 41 4 Fate 108 5 The Excursions of Mr Broucek 161 6 Kdfa Kabanova 248 7 The Cunning Little Vixen 282 8 The Makropulos Affair 304 9 From the House of the Dead 326 Epilogue 343 Chronologies of the Operas 344 Glossary of Names and Terms 359 List of Sources 367 Bibliography 378 General Index 389 Index of Janacek's Works 399 List of Illustrations Map of Bohemia and Moravia in 1918 page xviii 1 Jaroslav Vesfn's picture 'The Beginning of a Romance' (1885) 2 Gabriela Preissova in 18 89 3 Fedora Bartosova 4 Two water-colour views of Luhacovice by Zdenka Vorlova-Vlckova 5 (a) Mrs Kamila Urvalkova in 1903, (b) Ludvfk Vftezslav Celansky in 1894 6 Illustrations by Viktor Oliva for the first editions of Svatopluk Cech's Broucek novels (1888—9) 7 Kamila Stosslova in 19Z7 8 Set designs by Josef Capek for the Prague premiere (1928) of The Makropulos Affair 9 Leos Janacek and Kamila Stosslova in Luhacovice, summer 1927 10 Dr Frantisek Vesely and his wife Marie Calma-Vesela in 1922 The illustrations appear by kind permission of the following: Music Division of the Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno (1, 3-5,7, 8,10,11); Prague National Museum, Theatre Division (9 and front jacket).