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he asks her forgiveness for maligning her is when the second of the three
maestoso passages occurs. Although Šiškov is a baritone, normally notated
in the bass clef Janáček notates Filka’s reported words as if sung by a tenor.

Example 6: Janáček: From the House of the Dead, Act 3. © With kind permission by Universal
Edition A.G., Wien. www.universaledition.com

The use of maestoso comes with the words “Odpusť” [Forgive me], re-
calling a similar maestoso moment at the end of Janáček’s opera Jenůfa. The
music is intensified by recalling the healing ritornello that runs through
this monologue, associated with Akulka. These two examples have some-

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