Classical Music
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.
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.
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?
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.
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...
