Janáček Brno festival has had another successful year and record sales – Press release – 22 November 2022

Once again something quite extraordinary has been achieved in Brno – the internationally highly acclaimed Janáček Brno festival brought a world-class programme from 2 to 20 November, to which both the Czech and foreign public reacted positively with large audience numbers. The city where Leoš Janáček lived and worked, and which is essentially linked to the festival is making full use of its assets and with an ever-increasing standard…

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Festive closing of the festival with FLAMES

Dear all, we would like to cordially invite you all to the festival’s closing ceremony, which will be the performance Flames by Erwin Schulhoff. It was inspired by the work of Karel Josef Beneš and will be directed by Calixto Bieito. Flames will take place on 20 November at 19:00 at the Janáček Theatre. The piece…

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Monumental Quo vadis? at festival Janáček Brno 2022

  On Saturday 19 November, the Janáček Festival will host a concert Quo vadis? of the Janáček Opera Orchestra of the National Theatre Brno. The conductor will be John Fiore, one of the most important opera conductors of the contemporary opera scene. In the solo parts you can look forward to Tomasz Konieczny, Csilla Boross,…

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PREMIERE – The Makropulos Affair by Welsh National Opera

The Welsh National Opera premiered The Makropulos Affair on Friday 16 September. The production was a huge success with immediate positive reviews from The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Guardian, to name a few. “an unmissable triumph for Welsh National Opera” – The Daily Telegraph “Tomas Hanus clearly has this music in his soul,…

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