Leoš Janácek
03.07.1854—12.08.1928

Future Performances

Taras Bulba
07.06.2012, Lyon (F)
Taras Bulba
09.06.2012, Lyon (F)
Taras Bulba
17.06.2012, Oldenburg (D)
Taras Bulba
18.06.2012, Oldenburg (D)
Taras Bulba
15.07.2012, Tokyo (J)

News

  • Leos Janacek
    Janáček’s From the House of the Dead in Vienna
    Janáček’s From the House of the Dead in Vienna
    Peter Konwitschny’s controversial production from the Zurich Opera comes to Vienna this December. [...]
  • Jenufa at the Malmö Opera
    Jenufa in Sweden
    Jenufa in Sweden
    From 19 November Janácek’s opera can be seen at the Malmö Opera in a new production by Orpha Phe [...]
  • Leoš Janácek's Jenufa at the Opéra de Rennes
    Jenufa in the reconstructed original version
    Jenufa in the reconstructed original version
    On 4 November Opéra de Rennes shows Leoš Janácek's opera Jenufa in the original version of 1904, [...]
  • Salzburger Festspiele
    Salzburg Festival 2011
    Salzburg Festival 2011
    Gustav Mahler, whose anniversaries have been the centre of attention all this year, is also the high [...]

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Leoš Janácek
Taras Bulba | Rhapsody | for orchestra - Work Introduction

Taras Bulba (1915/18) was an unmistakable echo of Janácek’s passionate support and sympathy for the Russian nation at war. The title of the three-part symphonic rhapsody refers to Gogol’s novelisation of the Ukrainian saga of the Cossack Taras Bulba, who died a hero’s death after a successful fight against the Poles in 1628.