In this opera's final act, a group of flower-bearing girls sing a folk song about a girl who asks her mother to make her a new dress on her wedding day.
In this opera's final act, a group of flower-bearing girls sing a folk song about a girl who asks her mother to make her a new dress on her wedding day. This opera opens with a repetitive cimbalom-like xylophone melody representing the turning of a mill. Based on a play by Gabriela Preissova, this opera was played its entirety on piano by the composer for his dying daughter Olga days before her death. A woman in this opera echoes a man's parting promise to return soon in her aria "Co chvila," in which she resolves to commit a terrible (*) crime. In its second act, the main character of this opera sings a version of Salve regina to pray for her newborn son. Steva abandons this opera's title character after she is disfigured by Laca, who slashes her face with a knife. In its second act, Kostelnička tries to ensure that the title character will be able to marry by taking her child and drowning it. For 10 points, name this opera about a Moravian peasant girl, composed by Leos Janacek.
In this opera's final act, a group of flower-bearing girls sing a folk song about a girl who asks her mother to make her a new dress on her wedding day.
Jenufa [or Jeji pastorkyna; or Her Stepdaughter]