20 and 21 December 2023, 7:30pm, Žofín Palace, Prague Advent Concert Jan Ryant Dřízal: Christmas Cantata (world premiere commissioned by the Prague Philharmonic Choir) Karolína Levková – soprano, Aleš Briscein – tenor, Roman Hoza – baritone, Prague Philharmonic Choir, PKF – Prague Philharmonia, cond. Lukáš Vasilek
21 May 2018, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich Leoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead (premiere) Directed by: Frank Castorf, music director: Simone Young Cast: Peter Rose (Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sobotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov) and others Language: Czech with German and English subtitles Following performances: 26 and 30 May, 3, 5 and 8 … Read more
21 May 2018, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich Leoš Janáček: From the House of the Dead (premiere) Directed by: Frank Castorf, music director: Simone Young Cast: Peter Rose (Gorjančikov), Evgeniya Sobotnikova (Aljeja), Aleš Briscein (Luka), Charles Workman (Skuratov), Bo Skovhus (Šiškov) and others Language: Czech with German and English subtitles Following performances: 26 and 30 May, 3, 5 and 8 … Read more
One of the ensembles performing at the 45th year of the prestigious international Hong Kong Arts festival (Feb 16 – Mar 18) was the ensemble of the National Theatre Brno. HK Cultural Centre’s Concert Hall, which can host nearly 1,600 visitors, saw them perform four times altogether – twice it was Janáček’s opera The Makropulos Case, then his Sinfonietta, Eternal … Read more
Savonlinna Opera Festival, held between July 8 and August 6 in Savonlinna in the south-east of Finland, presented From the House of the Dead (1928), the very last opera by Leoš Janáček. The premiere took place on July 23 in a curious location of the medieval Olavinlinna castle. The production is a famous one, created by David … Read more
