Ensemble Opera Diversa is looking forward to a diverse autumn packed with premières and exceptional collaborations, greatly enriching the ongoing Year of Czech Music.
The Ensemble’s opera section of the troupe is preparing the première of a triptych of children's mini-operas directed by Kateřina Křivánková, as well as the expected reprise of The Second City as part of the Janáček Brno Festival. The Diversa orchestra will also be appearing at the same festival, in a spiritual concert conducted by Tomáš Krejčí. The concert of contemporary church music returns to the Church of St. Augustine and will present a purely Brno repertoire. After a year's hiatus, the Ensemble has also prepared a series of events to mark All Souls' Day, which will feature Ensemble Versus and the Diversa Quartet. The end of the year will belong to a crossover project featuring some extraordinary soloists and compositions. In addition to theatre and concert events, the orchestra will again be part of the Leoš Janáček International Competition. The first concerts start on 8 September 2024.
EOD programme for the upcoming autumn:
8 September 2024, 10:30 a.m. Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, Uherské Hradiště - Ensemble Versus at the Moravian Slovakian Wine Festivals HANDL GALLUS - GESUALDO - MORALES - LASSO - Ensemble Versus church concert with a programme of Renaissance polyphony.
8 September 2024, 12:30 p.m. Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, Uherské Hradiště - Diversa Quartet at the Moravian Slovakian Wine Festivals NOVÁK - KYAS - KÕRVITS - Programme featuring a core string quartet performing Czech and foreign works.
22 September 2024, 5:30 p.m. Besední dům - International Leoš Janáček Competition FRANÇAIX - MOZART - Public concert of the competition in the clarinet category including the announcement of the winners accompanied by the Diversa orchestra.
23 September 2024, 7:00 p.m. Church of St. Augustine - Heavenly Pastures FIALA - ADAMÍK - KYAS - World première of František Fiala's work and performance of Ondřej Kyas' Te Deum ten years after its première, conducted by Gabriela Tardonová and in collaboration with Stanislav Předota, Teresa Zimková, Martin Jakubíček and the Ensemble Versus choir.
29 October 2024, 7:00 p.m. Church of Blessed Maria Restituta in Lesná - Da pacem, Domine VASKS - ZEMEK NOVÁK - SCHNITTKE - SHOSTAKOVICH - PÄRT - All Souls' Day concert by a string quartet featuring a number of Czech premières in the unique setting of the church in Brno's Lesná district.
2 November 2024, 6:00 p.m. Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Staré Brno - Requiem DURUFLÉ - A liturgical performance of Maurice Duruflé's Requiem performed by Ensemble Versus, conducted by Patrik Buchta and in collaboration with organist Karel Martínek.
7 November 2024, 7:00 p.m. Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Staré Brno - Spiritual Concert of the Janáček Brno Festival HAAS - JANÁČEK - MARTINŮ and others - Collaboration of the Diversa orchestra with the Brno Festival, featuring soloist Tadeáš Hoza, the Gaudeamus Brno Choir and conductor Tomáš Krejčí.
22 November 2024, 7:00 p.m. Orlí Theatre - The Second City KYAS - A reprise of Ondřej Kyas' opera based on the novel of the same name by Michal Ajvaz as part of the Janáček Brno Festival, featuring Aleš Janiga, Jana Vondra and Libor Skokan in the lead roles, with musical direction by Gabriela Tardonová and directed by Kateřina Křivánková.
26 November 2024, 7:00 p.m. Alterna Hard Blues club DLASK - IŠTVAN - Crossover project featuring the exceptional Hard Blues by Miloslav Ištvan and the première of a composition by Vojtěch Dlask in collaboration with soloists Martin E. Kyšperský, Pavel Zlámal, Jana Vondrů and Aaron Collier.
30 November 2024, 5:00 p.m. Radost Theatre - Supergrrrls! BORŮVKOVÁ | KYAS - BROTHÁNKOVÁ - HOLACKÝ - The première of a triptych of children's mini-operas to a libretto by Vendula Borůvka in collaboration with three composers and overseen by the Ensemble's director Kateřina Křivánková.
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