The National Theatre Brno celebrates a historic success! At the prestigious International Opera Awards 2025, often referred to as the “Opera Oscars”, it turned both of its nominations into victories – in the categories Festival for Janáček Brno 2024 and New Production for Janáček’s The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, whose gala premiere opened the 9th edition of the Janáček Brno Festival.
The leading Czech experimental theatre Husa na provázku (Goose on a String Theatre) began its activities in the autumn of 1967 as an amateur ensemble of professional actors, students of art schools, and young artists from other fields. The core of the group consisted of students from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU). The…
The Rectorate Building of Brno University of Technology was constructed between 1901 and 1903 and renovated in 1999. Its façade is listed in the Register of Cultural Monuments. The building is protected as one of the most prominent and pure examples of neo-Baroque monumental architecture in Brno. _ Transport Address: Antonínská 1, 602 00 Brno…
Besední dům is one of the most important buildings in Brno’s historic center. This cultural shrine was, among other things, the workplace of an extraordinary composer and conductor Leoš Janáček. The Janáček´s name draws to Brno his music admirers from around the world. History Besední dům was constructed according to a design by Theophil von…
Mysterious underground cathedrals from the years 1874, 1894, and 1917 Two brick and one concrete water tank, unparalleled in Europe, whose visit will take your breath away! This Brno “must-see” is located under the unassuming grassy area of a revitalized park on Žlutý kopec and offers an experience akin to that of another world from…
The Janáček Brno 2026 Festival, which is to take place from 13 October to 17 November 2026, is to be something of a jubilee, as we will be coming together for the tenth time. The entire city of Brno will once again be immersing itself for several weeks in Janáček’s music, inspirations and destinies in life and the influence he had on his contemporaries and those who followed him. This jubilee is to be unique in many ways, though the focal point of the festival is to be the performance of all nine of Janáček’s operas, which are to be heard together in the Moravian metropolis for the first time since 2004.
5. 11. 2026, 7 p.m. Janáček Theatre Composer: Leoš Janáček Conductor: Jakub Hrůša Director: Martin Glaser Ensemble: Janáček Opera NdB Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony The performance lasts 2 hours and 35 minutes, including two intermissions. 5. 11. 2026 7 p.m. Janáček Theatre Composer: Leoš Janáček Conductor: Jakub Hrůša Director: Martin Glaser Ensemble: Janáček Opera NdB Orchestra:…
19. 9. 2026, 7 p.m. Janáček Theatre Author: Leoš Janáček Conductor: Tomáš Hanus Director: Robert Carsen Ensemble: Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno The performance lasts 1 hour and 45minutes. 19. 9. 2026 7 p.m. Janáček Theatre Author: Leoš Janáček Conductor: Tomáš Hanus Director: Robert Carsen Ensemble: Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno The performance lasts 1 hour and 45minutes. Production…
The Cistercian monastery was founded in 1323 by Queen Eliška Rejčka, in 1782 by an imperial decree the monastery was dissolved and the property went to the state. The following year it was handed over to the Augustinians as a replacement for the building of their original convent at the Church of St. Thomas in…
The building that houses the Faculty of Music of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts is one of Brno’s significant architectural monuments and represents a permanent part of the city’s architectural history. It was built for the needs of the German Gymnasium between 1860 and 1862 according to the winning competition design by…
