Dance
Janáček's Birthday
Celebrate Janáček's 171st birthday on July 3rd on the piazzetta in front of the Janáček Theatre. Come and celebrate Leoš Janáček's birthday for the second time with us. Our famous composer will be 171 years old this year – and he deserves a real party. The afternoon will belong to our little audience with a fighting game in the park. Or you can just sit on our steps and listen to a chamber concert that will get you in the mood for the screening of Janáček's opera The Adventures of the Cunning Little Fox from the English Glyndebourne Festival, starting at 8pm. The event's partner is TIC Brno, which will prepare other events, such as a guided walk along the Janáček Trail. Admission to the entire event is free.
Birthday concert for Alena Veselova
Eight concerts in the center of Brno will feature the organ of the 45th Brno Organ Festival, and the tones of the royal instrument from the workshops of various master organists will fill the evenings from the end of May, throughout June and until the beginning of July.
Brno Music Marathon: Barbara Maria Willi & guests
11:00 - 12:00 Barbara Maria Willi & hosté
Glory of Baroque Bohemia: Ensemble Fiorello
The composers of the works in this program offer an opportunity to realize how strong the Czech musical tradition was in the Czech Republic during the Baroque period. All three composers spent their best creative years abroad and achieved many successes there (Plánický – Bavaria, Tůma – Austria, Zelenka – Saxony).
La traviata at Špilberk Castle
Warm summer evenings are best spent under the stars with music, which is why the Janáček Opera NdB ensemble is once again bringing an opera performance to the romantic setting of Špilberk Castle this year. A timeless tragic story of a courtesan hoping for the happiness of true love. For a brief moment it seems so close, but it is only a dream. A chamber drama in the classic direction of Zbyněk Srba.
The Bartered Bride at Špilberk Castle
Warm summer evenings are best spent under the stars with music, which is why the Janáček Opera NdB ensemble is once again bringing an opera performance to the romantic setting of Špilberk Castle this year. How to Sell the Bride? Best done through a production by director Ondřej Havelka. One of the most popular Czech operas, The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana, has been in the repertoire of the Brno Theatre for more than fifteen years and has still not lost any of its wit or audience popularity.
Janeček String Quartet
Classical music outside its natural environment. Janeček String Quartet will perform on the open air stage of the Alterna club. The following pieces will be performed at the concert: Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No. 10, E-flat Major, "Slavic" Sergey Prokofiev - String Quartet No. 2, F Major, "Kabardin" Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 2, "Confidential Letters"
Open-air concert
Join the celebrations for the opening of the 2025/2026 season of the National Theatre Brno! On September 4, 2025, the piazzetta in front of the Janáček Theatre will come alive with an open air concert of the Janáček Opera NdB. 3:00 PM – 5:30 PM, you will start the season with us as a member of the NdB – fun stations for the whole family 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Concert conducted by four conductors of the Janáček Opera You can look forward to the soloists, choir and orchestra of the Janáček Opera NdB under the baton of chief conductor Robert Kružík and his colleagues Ondrej Olos, Jakub Klecker and Dominik Pernica. Together with them, you will take a look behind the scenes of the upcoming season and find out what musical surprises await you. This time, the Piazzetta will open to the audience in the afternoon, because a rich program for the whole family will be waiting for them before the concert, where they will be able to get acquainted with the NdB ensembles and theater professions.
A human soul, a pure human soul! The water fairy Rusalka longs for life above the water surface, for love and a human soul. The witch knows the way, but the price is high – Rusalka loses the ability to speak, but what good is speech to her when for her beloved prince she is just a wave on the surface… However, the world of people turns out to be cruel and full of betrayal, over which even her pure love cannot triumph. Director David Radok and his Rusalka as a fateful drama about unfulfilled desires and human failure, about the contradictory conflict between love and erotic desire, a drama about the sinful human soul. Since its creation, Dvořák's Rusalka has been one of the most beloved and performed Czech operas not only thanks to its beautiful and unique music, but also to the poetic and timeless libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil, which hides endless symbolism. A theme that seems to have been created for David Radok and a multi-layered production full of strong emotions. David Radok's set design is based on the concept of Rusalka by set designer Lars-Ake Thessman, performed at GöteborgsOperan in 2012.
Aida preview trailer
Come and listen to the production team and soloists of the new production of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. The preview will take place on September 10, 2025 at the Janáček Theatre and you can also watch it online. Verdi's Aida is one of his masterpieces, which lacks none of the guaranteed ingredients of a romantic Italian opera - love, jealousy, political intrigue, large choral scenes and inevitable tragic death. Of course, this also includes a great singing cast, in this case Csilla Boross, Sung Kyu Park, Luis Cansino, Aleš Jenis and others. This will also be the first time that our company will collaborate with our junior ballet company NdB2 on this production. The productions usually focus on the secret lovers Radames and Aida, but what if we looked at the whole story through the eyes of Amneris, whose love for Radames is determined to win her at any cost, unaware that the price will ultimately be human lives, including the life of her chosen one?
Brno Philharmonic: OPENING CONCERT OF THE 70TH SEASON
The Brno Philharmonic celebrates its 70th season!
It will once again enter its 70th season under the leadership of Chief Conductor Dennis Russell Davies, for whom this will be his eighth season at the helm of our orchestra. The same anniversary as the Brno Philharmonic is being celebrated by the children's choir Kantiléna, which was founded in 1956 at the initiative of Ivan Sedláček as the Šlapanice Children's Choir and has been with the Philharmonic since 1984. The jubilant ensembles will symbolically begin the season together and - in collaboration with the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno and mezzo-soprano Kateřina Hebelková - will offer the Brno audience the monumental Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler, a native of Kaliště, who, with his nine completed numbered symphonies, can be considered the consummate romantic symphony of the 19th century. GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 3 in D minor for alto, female and children's choir and orchestra Kateřina Hebelková mezzo-soprano Kantiléna, children's choir at the Brno Philharmonic choirmaster Michal Jančík Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno choirmaster Petr Fiala Brno Philharmonic conductor Dennis Russell Davies
MUSIC IN THE CHANGES OF TIME
Chamber Concert Series 2025/26 28th Concert Season (September 2025 – May 2026) MUSIC IN THE CHANGES OF TIME A CYCLE OF EIGHT CHAMBER CONCERTS IN THE BESEDNÍ DOME
The music of Bizet's Carmen hides French esprit and Spanish passion. After all, who doesn't know immortal opera hits - the famous Habanera, or the aria of the bullfighter Escamillo. But what if there's something more hidden behind the story of the fleeting nature of love? At the beginning was a short novel by the French writer Prosper Merimée about Don José, who deserted the army because of a foolish passion for a wild gypsy woman, became a smuggler and a murderer. Carmen, directed by Tomáš Pilar, returns to the original story and reveals additional layers of individual characters - the characters here are mainly people who came from completely different backgrounds. It's not just about Carmen's fleeting and unbridled love, which the jealous José cannot cope with. It is a clash of two worlds – the orderly, neat world of José and Micaëla, bound by predetermined rules, and the world of gypsies and smugglers living day to day, without laws and governed by momentary impulses. Their worlds suddenly intersect, but this difference causes tension and conflict that leads to the complete destruction of both.
Manon Lescaut
Love knows no bounds, my guilt will fall into oblivion, but my love will not die... No human weakness is foreign to the beautiful Manon - she would like the love of the young knight Des Grieux and a life of luxury and wealth, which only the old banker Géront can provide her... But everything has its price and not even love can save everything.
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor KV 466 PETER MAXWELL DAVIES An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Robert Jordan bagpipes Scottish Chamber Orchestra conductor Maxim Emelyanychev piano The Scottish Chamber Orchestra (SCO), based in Edinburgh, is one of Scotland’s five national orchestras and has been a driving force on the Scottish music scene since its foundation in 1974. Thanks to its high artistic standard, wide repertoire and diverse programmatic content, it has a reputation as an internationally renowned ensemble, performing throughout Scotland and abroad. The orchestra has had a number of distinguished conductors. Sir Charles Mackerras served as “Conductor Laureate” until his death in 2010.
Hans Zimmer's film score by candlelight
Hans Zimmer is a German composer who rose to fame for his work on film soundtracks. He is known for his ability to bring intensity and emotional depth to cinematic storytelling through music. His most successful films include Inception, Interstellar, Dune and Gladiator, which have won the hearts of audiences around the world. Zimmer's work has earned him numerous awards, including two Oscars, three Golden Globes, four Grammys - a total of 37 awards.
Two nations are at war, but in the middle of the battlefield, a much more intimate drama unfolds, one that could have unexpected consequences. The Egyptian princess Amneris loves the warlord Radames. However, his love belongs to the captive Aida, who no one knows is the princess of the hostile Ethiopian country. Unbeknownst to either of them, they will soon face a choice that will decide life or death...
Two nations are at war, but in the middle of the battlefield, a much more intimate drama unfolds, one that could have unexpected consequences. The Egyptian princess Amneris loves the warlord Radames. However, his love belongs to the captive Aida, who no one knows is the princess of the hostile Ethiopian country. Unbeknownst to either of them, they will soon face a choice that will decide life or death...
MORAVIAN PIANO TRIO: BOHUSLAV FUCHS 130
Concert by the Moravian Piano Trio as part of the celebrations of the 130th anniversary of the birth of the prominent architect Bohuslav Fuchs. A gala concert as part of the celebrations of the 130th anniversary of the birth of the prominent architect Bohuslav Fuchs, one of the key figures of interwar modern architecture. The evening will take place under the reinforced concrete structure of the Masaryk Student Home in the Masaryk Youth House, which is one of Fuchs's significant works and an example of his distinctive functionalist style. The Moravian Piano Trio is one of the leading Czech chamber ensembles. They will perform compositions by Czech and international composers, which will delicately connect architecture and music in memory of the personality who shaped the appearance of modern Brno.
