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You now have just 2 chances to set out with Mr. Brouček beyond the boundaries of time and gravitation!

A record audience of 16,603 + 50 productions + 24 festival days + lots of accompanying events + 1 city + countless pleasant meetings and musical experiences = 1 Janáček Brno 2024 Festival!

The Cunning Little Vixen through the eyes of children can be found on the piazzetta in front of Janáček Theatre.

The last few festival days are still to offer an extremely extensive programme of events! There are still another three operas awaiting you…

Jenůfa – the latest production from the Moravian Theatre Olomouc – is coming to the stage in a bold interpretation by director and artistic head Veronika Kos Loulová.

Chief conductor Christian Thielemann has unfortunately been forced to cancel his appearance at the head of the Staatskapelle Berlin at the festival concert on 17 November due to injury.

The programme for this evening’s event has a clear goal! It is to present personalities and works from the “golden age of the Brno avant-garde”.

The concert by the Bamberger Symphoniker Orchestra and Jakub Hrůša has been sold out for months, but you still have a unique chance to be part of it!

You can tune in to us on your radios thanks to our principal media partner Czech Radio and Czech Radio Brno.

The Moon was shining a little brighter than usual in Brno on Friday thanks to The Excursions of Mr Brouček directed by Robert Carsen.

The festival’s special guest on 17 November is to be one of the oldest orchestral ensembles in the world, the Staatskapelle Berlin, which will be appearing not merely as part of the production of The Makropulos Affair, but also…

Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden is coming to Brno for the very first time and is offering a number of Czech performances.

Get within touching distance of the Bamberger Symphonika and Jakub Hrůša, enjoy a unique opportunity of sharing your impressions with the creative team behind The Charlatan.

Are you planning on going to the Janáček Brno 2024 festival by car? Take advantage of JD Parking Brno located right in the centre of Brno and park conveniently in modern two-storey garages beneath Janáček Theatre

Paintings by Natalie Perkof and Vendula Chalánková are to take up residence at Villa Löw-Beer in October.

Shorten your wait for the festival and brighten your summer days by peeking behind the scenes of festival preparations. Discover insights into the lives of Czech composers and read interviews with personalities like Nicky Spence, Kateřina Kněžíková, and Adam Plachetka. 🤩

Last week, we commemorated the 170th birthday of Leoš Janáček and celebrated it in grand style! The hunt for Janáček’s treasure, Musical siesta, Behind the curtain with Her Stepdaughter, cake cutting, Janáček’s summer cinema, a congratulatory happening, and many other amazing moments were part of the all-day program at the piazzetta of the Janáček Theater. Thank you for celebrating with us, and thanks to you, we can keep Janáček’s legacy alive for 170 years.

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (NdM) premiered “The Cunning Little Vixen” on June 6, 2024! Janáček’s opera returns to the Ostrava stage after 30 years, joining the celebrations of its 100th anniversary.

Antonín Dvořák’s timeless Rusalka, directed by David Radok and conducted by Marko Ivanović, has just premiered. It took place on 5 April at the Janáček Theatre in Brno. This time, however, it was not a fairy tale, but a fateful drama about human failure, unfulfilled desires and the conflict between love and erotic desire.

Please accept our warm invitation to the Janáček Brno 2024 festival via our video invitation! We present the festival programme through the eyes of its creators, artists, supporters and partners.

On 6 March 2024, the Radiocafé of Czech Radio hosted a shared press conference on the festivals Janáček Brno and Theatre World Brno. Speaking to journalists on behalf of the festival Janáček Brno  were the director of the National Theatre Brno Martin Glaser, the artistic director of the Janáček Opera Jiří Heřman, the dramaturg of the festival concert series Jiří Zahrádka and opera singers Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka.

We are delighted to announce that Andreas Künne, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague, has agreed to become a patron of the Janáček Brno 2024 festival!

Just like every year ending with a four, 2024 is also to be a Year of Czech Music. This year’s celebrations can be summed up by their guiding motto: We Are Music. Well-known works and real rarities performed by Czech and foreign artists are to provide a wonderful résumé of what Czech music has offered us, and continues to offer us, both in this country and around the world. Twelve months full of celebrations of the great Czech masters await us, culminating in three festival weeks in Brno.

On Saturday, 4 November 2023, a concert of the Janáček Opera Orchestra of the National Theatre in Brno “Janáček to the Start!” took place at the Mahen Theatre in Brno. As part of the opening ceremony, a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and the National Theatre in Brno was signed.

On 4 November 2023 we will be treated to a concert by the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno under the direction of conductor Robert Kružík and with rare guests, violinist Josef Špaček, soprano Kateřina Kněžíková and baritone Svatopluk Sem.