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{{Short description|Opera by Leoš Janáček}}
{{Infobox opera 
| name              = Jenůfa
| composer          = [[Leoš Janáček]]
| image             = Jenufa.jpg
| caption           = Poster for the premiere, 1904
| native_name       = Její pastorkyňa {{nowrap|(Her Stepdaughter)}}
| native_name_lang  = cz
| librettist        = Janáček
| language          = Czech
| based_on          = {{based on|''Její pastorkyňa''|[[Gabriela Preissová]]}}
| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1904|01|21|df=y}}
| premiere_location = {{Nowrap|[[Mahen Theatre|National Theatre]], [[Brno]]}}
}}

'''''Její pastorkyňa''''' (''Her Stepdaughter''; commonly known as '''''Jenůfa''''' {{pronunciation|Jenůfa.ogg|listen|(|help=no}}) is an [[opera]] in three acts by [[Leoš Janáček]] to a Czech [[libretto]] by the composer, based on the [[Play (theatre)|play]] ''Její pastorkyňa'' by [[Gabriela Preissová]]. It was first performed at the [[Mahen Theatre|National Theatre]], [[Brno]] on 21 January 1904. Composed between 1896 and 1902,<ref>The description of the Universal Edition German-translated vocal score, 1944 republication, gives 1894–1903 instead- see {{OCLC|475447489}}.</ref> it is among the first operas written in prose.<ref>Kundera 2004, p. 54</ref>

The first of Janáček's operas in which his distinctive voice can clearly be heard, it is a grim story of [[infanticide]] and redemption. Like the playwright's original work, it is known for its unsentimental [[realism (arts)|realism]]. While today it is heard in the [[composer]]'s original version, ''Jenůfa'''s early popularity was due to a revised version by [[Karel Kovařovic]], altering what was considered its eccentric style and [[orchestration]]. Thus altered, it was well-received, first in [[Prague]], and particularly after its [[Vienna]] première also worldwide.<ref>Štědroň 2006, p. 12</ref> More than 70 years passed before audiences again heard it in Janáček's original version.

Janáček wrote an overture to the opera, but decided not to use it. It was partly based on a song called ''Žárlivec'' (''The jealous man''). It is now performed as a concert piece under the title ''Žárlivost'' (''Jealousy''), JW 6/10.<ref>[http://www.classicalarchives.com/work/48675.html#tvf=tracks&tv=about ''Jealousy'', Classical Archives]</ref>

The composer dedicated the work to the memory of his daughter Olga (d. 1903), as he did his choral composition the ''[[Elegy on the Death of Daughter Olga]]''.