25 October 2025, 4 pm and 7 pm, Orlí 19, Brno Moravian Autumn for Children Ondřej Kyas: Beneath the Surface, a ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid (world premiere commissioned by the festival, in collaboration with ZUŠ Veveří) Music: Ondřej Kyas Libretto: Kateřina Křivánková Choreography and direction: Gabriela Hrabalová Cast: pupils of ZUŠ … Read more
16 August 2025, 3 pm, Bohuslav Martinů Centre, Polička Zažít Martinů Markéta Brothánková, Bohuslav Martinů: Boža v říši loutek (Boža in the Land of Marionettes) (world premiere of a marionette opera) Libretto, direction: Kateřina Křivánková Performers: Peter Gáč (Boža the Mouse), Aneta Podracká Bendová (Columbine), Michael Robotka (Pierrot), Pavel Slivka (Harlequin), Michaela Kroupová Durajová – flute, Anna … Read more
30 November 2024, 5 pm, Divadlo Radost, Brno Supergrrrls! aneb Operní hrdinky zachraňují svět (Supergrrrls! or Opera Heroines Save the World) (premiere of a cycle of mini-operas for children and youth) Music: Markéta Brothánková, Filip Holacký, Ondřej Kyas Libretto: Vendula Borůvková Directed by: Kateřina Křivánková Cast: Aneta Podracká Bendová (Rusalka), Lucie Kašpárková (Libuše), Alžběta Symerská (The … Read more
16 December 2023, 7pm, Co.Labs socialspace, Brno Ondřej Kyas: The Other City (world premiere) Libretto: Ondřej Kyas based on Michala Ajvaz’s novel of the same name Directed by: Kateřina Křivánková, conductor: Gabriela Tardonová Cast: Aleš Janiga, Jana Vondrů, Libor Skokan, Alžběta Symerská, Aneta Podracká Bendová, Michael Robotka, Tomáš Chloupek, Pavel Slivka, Lukáš Rieger, Ensemble Opera Diversa
28. prosince 2022, 19:00, Divadlo Reduta, Brno Ensemble Opera Diversa Ondřej Kyas: The Light at the End of Darkness. One-Act Opera Inspired by the Life and Work of Photographer František Drtikol (world premiere) Libretto and director: Kateřina Křivánková Cast: Aleš Janiga (Photographer František), Hana Kuželová, Aneta Podracká Bendová, Klára Jelínková (Muses), Jan Bělohlávek – violin, Iva … Read more
