Jenůfa

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Jenůfa is the tragic heroine of Leoš Janáček’s opera of the same name, a young Moravian woman whose story of love, betrayal, and redemption is central to one of the composer’s most acclaimed works.

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instanceOf fictional character
opera character
tragic heroine
appearsIn Jenůfa NERFINISHED
associatedWithPeriod late 19th century Moravia
centralTo plot of the opera Jenůfa
createdBy Leoš Janáček NERFINISHED
demonstrates forgiveness
moral strength
experiences attempted protection by Kostelnička
betrayal by Števa Buryja
loss of her child
hasArtFormContext verismo-influenced opera
hasCulturalContext Czech realism
hasDramaticFunction focus of the opera’s ethical conflict
hasGender female
hasLanguageContext Czech
hasMoralArc from victimhood to forgiveness
hasNameLanguage Czech
hasNameVariant Její pastorkyňa (her stepdaughter) as original Czech title context NERFINISHED
hasNationality Moravian
hasOrigin Moravia NERFINISHED
hasReceptionContext one of Janáček’s most acclaimed heroines
hasRelationshipTypeWith Kostelnička Buryjovka stepdaughter
hasRelationshipTypeWith Laca Klemeň eventual husband
hasRelationshipTypeWith Števa Buryja romantic interest
hasRoleIn central character of the opera Jenůfa
hasSettingContext rural Moravian village
hasTheme betrayal
love
redemption
inspiredBy character in Gabriela Preissová’s play Její pastorkyňa
isDescribedAs kind-hearted
long-suffering
pious
young woman
isPartOf Czech operatic repertoire
isRelatedTo Kostelnička Buryjovka NERFINISHED
Laca Klemeň NERFINISHED
Števa Buryja NERFINISHED
symbolizes innocence tested by hardship
the possibility of redemption
undergoes physical disfigurement
social shame
unwanted pregnancy

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