Czech composer Leo Jana ek s most famous opera, Jen fa is a harrowing tale of forbidden love, abandonment, hypocrisy, desperation, and tragic infanticide. As today s second most frequently performed Czech opera (following Dvorak s Rusalka), Jen fa holds a prominent place in international opera repertoire and continues to draw the attention of new audiences. Drawing on both scholarly studies and production experience, Timothy Cheek presents an original English-language translation of the original Czech libretto. As with the first two books in the Jana ek Opera Libretti series (P ihody li ky...