Janáček: Kat'a Kabanova Act 3 scene 1 The Storm

Act 3 scene 1
Kudrjás and Kuligan take shelter from an approaching storm in a ruined building near the river. They are joined by others including Dikoj to whom Kudrjás tries to give scientific explanations about the lightning rod and electricity. The pompous old man insists storms are the punishment of God. The rain eases and people begin to move on Kudrjás meets Boris and Varvara. Varvara tells them that Tichon has come back and Káťa is distraught with remorse and says she will confess everything. Then Kabanicha Tichon and Káťa appear. The storm starts to build up again and at first people think that Kat'a is upset because of this. But she falls on her knees and confesses her infidelity in front of everyone and runs out into the storm. Kabanicha is triumphant; she says she knew this would happen.

Nancy Gustafson, Felicity Palmer, Ryland Davies, Barry McCauley and Louise Winter in the Glyndebourne production conducted by Andrew Davis and directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff.

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[MrArche0]

Odio a la 'Kabanicha'!!! Aunque Tychon tiene mucha culpa también!

No deberia oirse también muy imponente, más que estridente, la Kabanicha? Se supone que es 'contralto' no 'mezzo'.

[MrArche0]

Varvara también se oye más como soprano que como mezzo; eso es normal para la obra? :|

[JorPove]

La dinamia se logra gracias a los giros musicales que crean el cromatismo de fondo,en el que se insertan muy buenas actuaciones de los personajes,con voces adecuadas para dramatizar el episodio, de manera que la "veracidad" del tema actuado se convierte en verdad real,que ha sido la lucha perenne de la opera para recrear la historia. Magnifico.