Antonín Dvořák’s timeless Rusalka, directed by David Radok and conducted by Marko Ivanović, has just premiered. It took place on 5 April at the Janáček Theatre in Brno. This time, however, it was not a fairy tale, but a fateful drama about human failure, unfulfilled desires and the conflict between love and erotic desire.
Please accept our warm invitation to the Janáček Brno 2024 festival via our video invitation! We present the festival programme through the eyes of its creators, artists, supporters and partners.
On 6 March 2024, the Radiocafé of Czech Radio hosted a shared press conference on the festivals Janáček Brno and Theatre World Brno. Speaking to journalists on behalf of the festival Janáček Brno were the director of the National Theatre Brno Martin Glaser, the artistic director of the Janáček Opera Jiří Heřman, the dramaturg of the festival concert series Jiří Zahrádka and opera singers Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka.
We are delighted to announce that Andreas Künne, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague, has agreed to become a patron of the Janáček Brno 2024 festival!
Just like every year ending with a four, 2024 is also to be a Year of Czech Music. This year’s celebrations can be summed up by their guiding motto: We Are Music. Well-known works and real rarities performed by Czech and foreign artists are to provide a wonderful résumé of what Czech music has offered us, and continues to offer us, both in this country and around the world. Twelve months full of celebrations of the great Czech masters await us, culminating in three festival weeks in Brno.
On Saturday, 4 November 2023, a concert of the Janáček Opera Orchestra of the National Theatre in Brno “Janáček to the Start!” took place at the Mahen Theatre in Brno. As part of the opening ceremony, a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and the National Theatre in Brno was signed.
On 4 November 2023 we will be treated to a concert by the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno under the direction of conductor Robert Kružík and with rare guests, violinist Josef Špaček, soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and baritone Svatopluk Sem.
