26 February 2024, 7pm, former headquarters of the district committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, today the seat of the Public Defender of Rights, Brno Ministry of Truth Jiří Austerlitz Adámek: WE ARE THE POWER (exorcism of the dictator by Pussy Riot) – world premiere Boca Loca Lab / Jiří Austerlitz Adámek, Jana Vondrů, … Read more
7 June 2022, 7pm, Edison Filmhub, Prague Prague Music Performance Kapr Code. Special screening of a documentary opera about Jan Kapr (+ concert of Kapr’s works) Directed by: Lucie Králová Libretto: Jiří Adámek Music: Petra Šuško, Jan Kapr Cast: Karel Jakubů – baritone, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, choirmaster: Petr Fiala
24 November 2019, DOX+, Prague Contempuls Martin Smolka: Vor dem Gesetz for 7 speaking musicians with side instruments, based on a short story by Franz Kafka (Czech premiere) Libretto: Jiří Adámek ascolta
6 October 2019, Orlí Street Theatre, Brno Moravian Autumn Ondřej Adámek: Le Dîner (Czech premiere) Directed by: Jiří Adámek, painter: Charlotte Guibé, rapper: Helena Velická Brno Contemporary Orchestra, cond. Pavel Šnajdr
10 May 2019, Saalbau, Witten, Germany Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik Martin Smolka: Vor dem Gesetz for speaking musicians with side instruments (world premiere) Libretto: Jiří Adámek, Franz Kafka, directed by: Jiří Adámek Ensemble Ascolta
National Theatre Brno opened this year’s season by releasing Rules for Good Manners in the Modern World, an original Czech opera by composer Michal Nejtek and librettist Jiří Adámek, who is also the director. The piece is based on Jean-Luc Lagarce’s (1957-1995) drama for a solo actress, which introduces the spectators to the etiquette rules, as established in the … Read more
On June 27 the Prague-based Alfred ve Dvoře Theatre premiered an experimental opera performance The Lists of Infinity by a composer Martin Smolka. This performance directed by Jiří Adámek, who is also the author of the libretto, is in fact a new version of a piece composed 2 years ago on a commission for the New Opera days Ostrava (NODO) … Read more
