Vojtěch Dlask: Querell Songs (world premiere)
4 March 2020, Reduta, Brno Vojtěch Dlask: Querell Songs for oboe and strings (2020) – world premiere Vilém Veverka – oboe, Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Robert Kružík
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Petra Čtveráčková: Quasi lontano for recorder, harp and strings (world premiere)
22 October 2019, Hall of the Convent of Merciful Brothers, Brno Petra Čtveráčková: Quasi lontano for recorder, harp and strings (world premiere) Michaela Koudelková – recorder, Dominika Kvardová – harp, Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Gabriela Tardonová
Grobiáni. Three new mini-operas performed by Ensemble Opera Diversa
25 September 2019, BURANTEATR, Brno Grobiáni (a cycle of three mini-operas in world premieres) Martin Kux: The Ring Mario Buzzi: The Promise Ondřej Kyas: Dorotka’s Wooing Librettists: Vendula Borůvková, Pavel Drábek Directed by: Lukáš Kopecký, music director: Josef Javora Cast: Jana Vondrů, Marie Zichová, Aleš Janiga, Pavel Slivka, Ensemble Opera Diversa
Iva Bittová: My Midnight Pillow for voice/violin, strings and three wind instruments (world premiere)
5 June 2018, Knights Hall, Chateau, Moravský Krumlov Concentus Moraviae Iva Bittová: My Midnight Pillow for voice/violin, strings and three wind instruments (world premiere) Iva Bittová, Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Gabriela Tardonová following performances: 20 June 2018, Reduta, Brno
Iva Bittová: My Midnight Pillow for voice/violin, strings and three wind instruments (world premiere)
5 June 2018, Knights Hall, Chateau, Moravský Krumlov Concentus Moraviae Iva Bittová: My Midnight Pillow for voice/violin, strings and three wind instruments (world premiere) Iva Bittová, Ensemble Opera Diversa, cond. Gabriela Tardonová following performances: 20 June 2018, Reduta, Brno
Lenka Nota: I Am the Princess of Fools (world premiere)
On November 17 in the Mozart Hall of Reduta, Brno, Ensemble Opera Diversa introduced the first opera by Vienna-based composer and musicologist Lenka Nota I Am the Princess of Fools. It tells the story of Božena Němcová as written into the libretto by a famous Czech documentary director Olga Sommerová. “Božena is a friend of all Czech women … Read more
František Gregor Emmert: Symphony No. 25 for viola, organ, mezzosoprano and strings (world premiere)
Symphony No. 25 “The Angel Was Sent to You” by the recently deceased composer František Gregor Emmert (1940-2015) received its premiere on June 1 at the St. Augustine Church in Brno. It was performed by Ensemble Opera Diversa conducted by Ondrej Olos together with Jarmila Balážová (mezzosoprano), Milan Paľa (viola) and Marek Paľa (organ). Emmert … Read more
Ensemble Opera Diversa. Premieres of pieces by Radim Bednařík and Miloš Štědroň
Held on 6th February in Reduta, this year’s first orchestral concert by the Brno-based Ensemble Opera Diversa not only celebrated Miloš Štědroň’s 75th birthday but also served as a unique display of music by contemporary Czech and Moravian composers. Led by Gabriela Tardonová, the ensemble performed 6 pieces for strings, none of which was written more than twenty … Read more
Pavel Zemek Novák: Seven Last Words (world premiere)
Pavel Zemek Novák’s new piece Seven Last Words received its world premiere during the 25th year of the Brno-based Easter Festival of Sacred Music. It opened the third of the festival’s concerts named ‘Still Hymn’ which took place on 22 March in the functionalist Church of Saint Augustine and during which the Ensemble Opera Diversa conducted by … Read more
Ondřej Kyas: Chamber Symphony no. 2 for oboe, piano, percussion and strings (world premiere)
Ondřej Kyas’s (*1979) Chamber Symphony no. 2 for oboe, piano, percussion and strings received its world premiere on this year’s first concert of the Brno-based Ensemble Opera Diversa, which took place on 10th February at the Reduta theatre in Brno. A part of the ceremony was the presentation of the ensemble’s very first CD which consists of Jan Novák’s oboe … Read more