The title character's cheek is slashed in Act I of this opera shortly after the foreman reveals that her love interest will not be forced into service.
The title character's cheek is slashed in Act I of this opera shortly after the foreman reveals that her love interest will not be forced into service. That love interest later reveals that he is engaged to the mayor's daughter, opening the way for an admirer of the title character to move in after he thinks the title character has returned from Vienna. That travel is in fact a cover used to hide the title character's pregnancy, and the screams of Jano reveal to all the discovery of the baby's body near the mill-stream. Kostelnička kills the title character's infant to save her chances with Laca after the failed relationship with Števa. For 10 points, name this opera about peasants in nineteenth century Moravia by Leoš Janáček.
The title character's cheek is slashed in Act I of this opera shortly after the foreman reveals that her love interest will not be forced into service.
{Jenůfa} [or {Her Stepdaughter} or {Její Pastorkyňa}]