Seattle Opera's only production of the Janáček masterpiece featured the company debuts of two artists who'd been buddies since college, tenor Peter Kazaras and director Stephen Wadsworth. Between the two of them, Wadsworth and Kazaras have been involved in over 50 Seattle Opera productions since.
Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) and Peter Kazaras (Steva) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Marvellee Cariaga (Kostelnička) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) and Geraldine Decker (Grandmother Buryja) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Timothy Jenkins (Laca) and Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Marvellee Cariaga (Kostelnička) and Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Peter Kazaras (Steva) and Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) and Timothy Jenkins (Laca) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Peter Kazaras (Steva) and Judith Haddon (Jenůfa) in Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Janáček’s Jenůfa, 1985 © Chris Bennion
Stephen Wadsworth discusses Janáček’s Jenůfa at a Saturday Seminar in 1985. © nh
Stephen Wadsworth and Speight Jenkins discuss Janáček’s Jenůfa at a Saturday Seminar in 1985. © nh
