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Jenufa by Bohuslav MARTINU
Just a little aside, but that opera is by Janacek, not Martinu.

Also, it is not officially called Jenufa but "Jeji pastorkyne", which is difficult to translate, therefore the simpler "Jenufa" was adapted for international productions. "Jeji pastorkyne" loosely translates to "Her foster-child", the "Her" being Kostelnicka and the foster-child being Jenufa. The important distinction is that the original title is ingenious, in that it infers 2 title characters instead of just one.

At any rate, both working titles begin with J.

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