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Kate Molleson is joined by expert commentator Nigel Simeone for a Bavarian State Opera production of Janacek's Katya Kabanova, with Corinne Winters singing the title role, with Pavel Cernoch as her lover Boris and Violeta Urmana as her mother-in-law Kabanicha. Set in an isolated, repressive Russian town on the banks of the Volga, the unhappily married Katya desperately longs to escape both the town and her dominating mother-in-law. With her husband Tichon away on business, she starts a passionate affair with local man Boris, but Tichon's return prompts guilt and horror and her mind begins to unravel. Janácek: Katya Kabanova. Corinne Winters (soprano: Katya), John Daszak (tenor: Tichon), Violeta Urmana (mezzo: Kabanicha), Pavel Cernoch (tenor: Boris), Milan Siljanov (bass-baritone: Dikoj), James Ley (tenor: Vanya Kudrjaš) Emily Sierra (mezzo: Varvara), Bavarian State Opera Chorus, Bavarian State Orchestra, Marc Albrecht (conductor).