Two Nominations, Two Wins – National Theatre Brno Triumphs at the International Opera Awards 2025

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.

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Ticket sales for the Janáček Brno 2026 festival are now open

The 10th anniversary edition of the Janáček Brno 2026 festival has officially launched its ticket sales! Under the motto “Roots”, the festival will present an exceptionally ambitious programme featuring the complete operatic works of Leoš Janáček – from his early compositions to his mature masterpieces. Such a comprehensive presentation of Janáček’s legacy is unique on a global scale and confirms the festival’s outstanding position among international music events.

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Festival Janáček Brno has been nominated for the International Opera Awards 2025

The international Janáček Brno Festival has received two nominations for the prestigious International Opera Awards 2025 – in the categories Festival and New Production for the staging of The Excursions of Mr. Brouček directed by Robert Carsen, presented by the National Theatre Brno in co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid, and Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin.

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Rusalka directed by David Radok live on OperaVision

The new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka by Janáček Opera NdB — directed by David Radok and conducted by Marko Ivanović — will be available online on the OperaVision platform until 6 March 2026. Don’t miss this unique experience from the comfort of your home.

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Kateřina Kněžíková as Jenůfa

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.

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The Excursions of Mr. Brouček reached over 24,000 viewers worldwide

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.

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Large-Scale Screening of The Cunning Little Vixen

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.

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The Janáček Brno 2026 Festival motto is to be ROOTS

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.

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The Janáček Brno 2026 Festival, take place from 13 October to 17 November 2026

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.

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