This production breathes new life into one of Janáček’s most intimate works through visual poetry and a profoundly human directorial vision. Don’t miss the return of Katya Kabanova – a past highlight of the Janáček Brno festival.
Celebrate with a special birthday offer on all preview performances of the Janáček Brno 2026 festival.
The Janáček Brno Festival will present one of the most anticipated operatic events of autumn 2025: Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa, featuring Kateřina Kněžíková in the title role – as a preview event for Janáček Brno 2026.
Our production of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček found its way to audiences far beyond the Czech Republic, thanks to our collaboration with the international platform OperaVision. The recording was available online for six months, during which it was viewed by more than 24,000 people from all around the world.
Join us in celebrating Leoš Janáček’s 171st birthday in a truly special way – under the open sky and with music that moves and enchants. As part of the birthday programme, we will present a large-scale screening of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen, recorded at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival.
Visual identity for Janáček Brno 2026 will be created by award-winning illustrator Michal Bačák. The design will be revealed at the JANÁČEK AT THE START! concert on 31 October.
What await visitors to the Janáček Brno 2026 festival? We will be revealing all this on 31 October 2025 at a gala concert to be held at the Mahen Theatre.
Janáček Brno 2026 is to be a jubilee festival, as this will be the tenth time that Brno has immersed itself over the course of a number of weeks in Janáček’s music, his inspirations, his life story and the influence he had on his contemporaries and those who came after him. This time, the festival motto is to be ROOTS, because what we grow from influences each and every one of us. In the work of artists, no matter whether they are composers, visual artists or performers, their roots are reflected throughout their lives; they may be more evident at some times, less so at others, but they never disappear. In the festival’s jubilee year we would, for this reason, like to show what Janáček’s work is rooted in, what it grew from, and how far it progressed.
3. 7. 2025 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. Piazzetta of the Janáček Theatre – Free Entry – The main event of the evening is the screening of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen (Glyndebourne Festival), starting at 8:00 p.m. On July 3, celebrate Janáček’s 171st birthday with us on the piazzetta in front of Janáček’s…
17. 11. 2026, 5 p.m. FINAL PERFORMANCE Janáček Theatre Composer: Leoš JanáčekConductor: Robert KružíkDirector: Jiří HeřmanEnsemble: Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno The performance lasts 2 hours and 55 minutes, including one intermission (25 minutes). 17. 11. 2026 5 p.m. FINAL PERFORMANCE Janáček Theatre Composer: Leoš JanáčekConductor: Robert KružíkDirector: Jiří HeřmanEnsemble: Janáček Opera, National…
