• Venue Royal Opera House, London
  • Performance dates 22 March 2027 - 10 April 2027
  • Running time 2hrs 15mins (including interval)
  • Age guidelines 12+

Book now for Kata Kabanova at the Royal Opera House, Richard Jones’s Olivier Award-winning staging of Janáček’s opera of longing and destruction, starring Corinne Winters.

Kata Kabanova in London

As part of it’s 2027 season, The Royal Opera presents Kata Kabanova (Káťa Kabanová), in an intimate, stripped-back staging of Leoš Janáček’s opera of yearning and destruction.

Performing from 22 March until 10 April 2027, Richard Jones’s Olivier Award-winning production stars Corinne Winters as Kata, the title role.

Janáček’s music is infused with the folk melodies and speech rhythms of his Czech homeland.

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A storm of longing is about to break. Kata is a young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, living under the rule of her mother-in-law in a small, suffocating community. When she is swept up in a passionate affair, it seems at last that hope has arrived.

But the freedom she finds is short-lived. As the affair deepens, Kata is consumed by guilt and longing, and the pressures around her close in with devastating consequences.

Leoš Janáček’s score is drawn from Czech folk melody, rural life and the sounds of nature. Richard Jones’s staging strips the drama back to its human core, with a lost soul at the centre of an unforgiving world. It is sung in Czech with English surtitles.

Performance Information

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Mar 2027
Apr 2027

Stars and Creatives

Who is in the cast of Kata Kabanova?

  • Kata Kabanova: Corinne Winters

Who are the creative team of Kata Kabanova?

  • Composer and Librettist: Leoš Janáček
  • Director: Richard Jones
  • Designer: Antony McDonald
  • Lighting Designer: Lucy Carter
  • Movement Director: Sarah Fahie
  • Conducted by: Jakub Hrůša

Important Notes

This production contains themes of a sexual nature and implied depictions of suicide.

Venue Information

Royal Opera House , Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD

Nearest Tube or Train: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line), Leicester Square (Piccadilly line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 1, 4, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 26, 68, 76, 77a, 91, 168, 171, 176, 188, 501(southbound only), 505, 521, X68 all go to the Aldwych.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Kata Kabanova is playing at the Royal Opera House in London
The running time of Kata Kabanova is 2hrs 15mins (including interval)
The age recommendations for Kata Kabanova are: 12+
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Yes, Kata Kabanova has matinee performances on the following days:

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