A National Composer -- Drama into Libretto -- The Challenge from Within: Janáček's Musico-dramatic Mastery -- Thematic Guide -- Janáček and Czech Realism -- Jenufa -- Act 1 -- Act 2 -- Act 3 -- A Russian Heart of Darkness -- Janáček's forgotten commentary on 'Katya Kabanova' -- Katya Kabanova -- Act 1 -- Act 2 -- Act 3 -- Janáček's Operas -- Discography -- Bibliography -- Contributors This double volume contains two masterpieces of the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Jenufa was the opera which finally brought him international recognition - and, with it, fame at home. Based on Ostrovsky's The Storm, Katya Kabanova contains wonderful music inspired by the composer's love for a much younger woman. The scores are discussed by Arnold Whittall, and the background sources are variously introduced by social and literary historians. John Tyrell comments on an important letter about the genesis of Katya; Sir Charles Mackerras describes his work as an interpreter and advocate of this brilliantly original and dramatic music