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Janáček Brno 2024 Festival from 1 November – 24 November 2024 - in the Spirit of the Year of Czech Music
No limits!...
As humans, we set countless boundaries, but the path to the realm of imagination is open to all, and music knows no boundaries. “The 2024 festival programme will reach the heights of the stars. In a short time, the imaginary bar of quality has been raised to a level that meets the parameters of a premier European cultural event. I am very pleased that the importance of the festival will be recognised by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, with whom we will conclude a Memorandum of Cooperation that will ensure predictable funding. This is the only way to maintain the level achieved in the future,” commented Martin Glaser, director of the National Theatre Brno. The motto of the 9th edition of the festival No limits!... was inspired by Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček, in which the main character takes us to the Moon and for a journey through time to the 15th century. The opera will open the festival, directed by Robert Carsen, the creator of productions appreciated worldwide for their dramatic grasp, poetics, humour and artistic refinement, and conducted by Marko Ivanović. British tenor Nicky Spence returns to the festival after a thrilling performance of The Diary of One Who Disappeared last year, this time in the role of Matěj Brouček. “The new festival production is a co-production with Teatro Real and Staatsoper Berlin, and it is another important step for the festival to send Janáček’s works to the stages of the world with leading performers,” adds Jiří Heřman, artistic director of the Opera of the National Theatre Brno.
The opera series will offer a selection of Janáček’s work from his first operatic success to his two masterpieces. Jenůfa, version 1904, will be interpreted by an all-female production team led by the progressive director Veronika Kos Loulová and set to music by Anna Novotná Pešková in a co[1]production of the Moravian Theatre Olomouc and Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno. A rare guest of the festival will be the excellent Staatsoper Berlin ensemble, who will bring a great production of The Makropulos Affair directed by Claus Guth, awarded the Director of the Year Opera Award 2023, and conducted by Robert Jindra. The Cunning Little Vixen will celebrate its 100th anniversary on 6 November.