Overview
Character Name
Grandmother Starenka Buryjovka
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Elderly
Role Size
Featured
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Contralto
Vocal Range
High Note: G5
Low Note: B3
Vocal Technique
Operatic
Time & Place
Veborany, Moravia, 19th century, August
Analysis
Grandmother Buryjovka is kindly and caring. Her warmth and openness stand in stark contrast to the Kostelnička’s treatment of Števa and Jenůfa. Grandmother has a wisdom about life that the Kostelnička does not seem to possess. She is the matriarch of the Buryja family,
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