Gabriela Beňačková in MET Jenufa 1992, finale with Heppner and Rysanek

Leoš Janáček: Její pastorkyňa /Jenufa/, opera in 3 acts
Act III, Finále:
Jenůfa, vzpamatuj se! /Jenufa, stop this madness!/
Ha - vidíte?! /There - You see?!/
Vstaňte, pěstounko moja. /Mother, please let me help you/
Odešli! Jdi také... /They have gone! Go. Follow…/
GABRIELA BEŇAČKOVÁ, Jenůfa (soprano)
Ben Heppner, Laca (tenor)
Leonie Rysanek, Kostelnička (mezzosoprano)
James Conlon, cond.
Live recording, Metropolitan Opera New York, 1992

[@RudigerVT]

The Saturday night subscription performance of this run was the most incredible thing I’ve ever seen at the Met. We wouldn’t stop hollering and clapping. They finally dropped the fire curtain, their way of saying all right, go home. Unforgettable.

[@derekdzinich8690]

0:35 they are RIGHT with the orchestra

[@iubanne]

WOW, Gabriela anche all tre cast. Wonderful music.

[@albertcombrink3717]

Wonderful singing!

[@Rukasepar]

Many thanks for uploading. After all these years, this finale grabs me and chokes me and brings me to my knees ... warts and all. :-)

[@w.urlitzer1869]

I was there on that night, I have never been so moved by a work of art in my life.

[@cwstars]

Saw Gabriela in SF in the 80s SFO Jenufa
Best production that year!!

[@edwardtodd9734]

Saw Leonie as Kostelnicka in Koln and two weeks later Pauline Tinsley in Glasgow

[@edwardtodd9734]

What a wonderful role. My first was Amy Schuatd

[@scottishphotographer]

That was a wonderful production... Pauline T and Jo Barstow were sensational.