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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: The Cunning Little Vixen

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(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) During a walk in the forests outside Brno, Rudolf Těsnohlidek and his friends came across an abandoned baby that was left to freeze under a tree. The unmarried mother was eventually found and claimed she was hoping that the child would be discovered and given a better life. Unfortunately, such incidents were not uncommon in the early {…}
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Janáček Brno Festival 2024 Review: Rusalka

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(Photo: Národní divadlo Brno) Fairytales often speak directly to our unconscious, revealing drives and truths that are not always apparent to our conscious selves. It is therefore not surprising that many tales are replicated across countries and cultures, even if the characters and details vary. The Slavic fable of Rusalka, for example, has counterparts with the French Melusine, Germanic Nixie {…}
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Janacek Brno Festival 2022 Review: From The House Of The Dead & The Glagolitic Mass

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(Photo: Marek Olbrzymek) Would any opera house be bold enough to present a work about the horrors of life in a gulag in which the guilty and innocent are thrown together to be abused, debased and left to die? Undoubtedly, the answer is yes! What if it were to be presented in a Christian context, in which Christ walks among {…}
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Corinne Winters, Nicky Spence & Tomasz Konieczny Lead Janáček Brno Festival 2022 Season

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(Credit: Janáček Brno Festival) Janáček Brno Festival has announced its 2022 season. For the purpose of this article we will focus on the vocal works only. A double bill of “From the House of the Dead” and “Glagolitic Mass” spotlights Roman Hoza, Gianluca Zampieri, Tigran Hakobyan, Lukáš Bařák, Jan Šťáva, Kateřina Kněžíková, and Jarmila Balážová. Jakub Hrůša conducts a production {…}
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Salzburg Festival Announces Herbert Von Karajan Young Conductors Award Winner

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The Salzburg Festival has announced that Joel Sandelson has been named the winner of the Herbert Von Karajan Young Conductors Award. The award, which is given every two years, recognizes outstanding talents in conductors aged 35 and under. The prize includes 15,000 Euros, as well as the opportunity to conduct a Festival concert in August 2022 with the ORF Radio {…}
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Pavol Breslik & Karita Mattila Highlight Janáček Brno Festival’s 2020 Season

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The Janáček Brno Festival has announced its 2020 edition and confirmed it will begin as planned. For the purposes of this article, we have only focused on the vocal performances. Robert Carsen directs Leoš Janáček’s “Destiny” with a cast that includes Alžběta Poláčková and Szilvia Rálik. Marko Ivanović conducts the opening night opera. “Destiny,” created especially for the Janáček Opera, {…}
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Smetana Festival Litomyšl 2026 Review: The Devil’s Wall

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(Photo: František Renzaj) The Devil’s Wall is a large granite outcrop that overlooks the Vltava River in southern Bohemia. Below its jagged rock faces, a boulder field flows down the steep-sided valley to the river. It is a magical and mysterious place which today is part of a national park. Unsurprisingly, it is also a place of myth and legend. {…}
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Bregenz Festival 2026 Review: The Excursions of Mr. Brouček

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(Phot0: Bregenz Festival / Daniel Ammann) Leoš Janáček’s “The Excursions of Mr. Brouček” has long been overshadowed by “Jenůfa,” “Káťa Kabanová,” “The Cunning Little Vixen” and “The Makropulos Affair.” This curious, episodic satire has never fully secured its place in the repertoire, perhaps because it occupies an awkward territory between affectionate comedy, political allegory and biting social critique. Yet it {…}
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National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Unveils 2025-26 Season

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The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre has unveiled its 2025-26 season. Premieres The season opens with Franz Liszt’s “Christus,” co-produced with the St. Wenceslas Music Festival. Marek Šedivý conducts a cast that includes Veronika Rovná, Lucie Hilsherová, Martin Srejma, Roman Hoza, and Martin Gurbal. Performance Dates: Sept. 18, 2025 Then comes Philip Glass’ “The Trial.” Jiří Nekvasil directs and Bruno Ferrandis conducts {…}

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