(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 by Jiří Heřman.

Performance dates: Nov. 2 – 6, 2022

Mezzo-soprano Markéta Cukrová and the Prague Philharmonic Choir will present the Vladimír Sommer’s Vocal Symphony for Alto, Reciter, Choir and Orchestra. Marko Ivanović conducts. Lukáš Vasilek is the Chorus Master.

Performance date: Nov. 4, 2022

Tenor Aleš Briscein performs Igor Stravinsky’s Mass for Mixed Chorus and Double Wind Quintet and Tenor. Jakub Klecker conducts. Pavla Kopecká plays the harp.

Performance date: Nov. 5, 2022

“Káťa Kabanová,” presented in the Calixto Bieito’s production, features Petra Šimková and Peter Berger. Jaroslav Kyzlink conducts the The National Theatre Orchestra.

Performance date: Nov. 9, 2022

Corinne Winters, Tomas Tomasson, Ladislav Elgr, Elena Zhidkova, Stephan Rügamer and Sam Furness star in the Tatjana Gürbaca’s production of “Káťa Kabanová.” The opera is a production of the Grand Théâtre de Genève. Tomáš Netopil conducts the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.

Performance date: Nov. 13, 2022

Baritone Adam Plachetka performs Antonín Dvořák’s “Biblical songs,” op. 99. Works by Benjamin Britten, Richard Wagner, and Leoš Janáček will also be performed. Tomáš Hanus conducts.

Performance date: Nov. 17, 2022

Nicky Spence, Gustav Belacek, and David Stout star in the Olivia Fuchs’ production of “The Makropulos Case.” Tomáš Hanus conducts the Welsh National Opera Orchestra.

Performance date: Nov. 18, 2022

Csilla Boross, Tomasz Konieczny, and David Szendiuch perform Feliks Nowowiejski’s “Quo Vadis,” Dramatic Scenes for Solo Voices, Mixed Choir, Organ and Orchestra, according to a text by Antonie Jüngst, based on the novel by Henryk Sienkiewicz. John Fiore conducts.

Performance date: Dec. 19, 2022

Jiří Rožeň conducts Denys Pivnitsky, Tone Kummervold, and Světlana Sozdetaleva in Calixto Bieito’s production of Erwin Schulhoff’s “Flames.”

Performance date: Nov. 20, 2022

The Janáček Brno Festival 2022 Season begins on Nov. 2, and runs through Nov. 20, 2022.