The Janáček Brno 2026 festival will celebrate its 10th anniversary edition, taking us back to the roots. Brno will once again immerse itself in the world of Leoš Janáček, his music and inspirations – and all nine of his operas will be performed during the festival. If you don’t want to wait a whole year, join us at one of our preview events!
The international Janáček Brno Festival has received two nominations for the prestigious International Opera Awards 2025 – in the categories Festival and New Production for the staging of The Excursions of Mr. Brouček directed by Robert Carsen, presented by the National Theatre Brno in co-production with Teatro Real, Madrid, and Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin.
The new production of Dvořák’s Rusalka by Janáček Opera NdB — directed by David Radok and conducted by Marko Ivanović — will be available online on the OperaVision platform until 6 March 2026. Don’t miss this unique experience from the comfort of your home.
A unique musical evening with violinist Josef Špaček and pianist Miroslav Sekera is approaching! Just a few tickets remain – don’t miss the opening of the jubilee 10th edition of the Janáček Brno Festival and join us as we take our place at the starting line.
This production breathes new life into one of Janáček’s most intimate works through visual poetry and a profoundly human directorial vision. Don’t miss the return of Katya Kabanova – a past highlight of the Janáček Brno festival.
Celebrate with a special birthday offer on all preview performances of the Janáček Brno 2026 festival.
The Janáček Brno Festival will present one of the most anticipated operatic events of autumn 2025: Leoš Janáček’s Jenůfa, featuring Kateřina Kněžíková in the title role – as a preview event for Janáček Brno 2026.
Our production of Leoš Janáček’s opera The Excursions of Mr. Brouček found its way to audiences far beyond the Czech Republic, thanks to our collaboration with the international platform OperaVision. The recording was available online for six months, during which it was viewed by more than 24,000 people from all around the world.
Join us in celebrating Leoš Janáček’s 171st birthday in a truly special way – under the open sky and with music that moves and enchants. As part of the birthday programme, we will present a large-scale screening of Janáček’s opera The Cunning Little Vixen, recorded at the renowned Glyndebourne Festival.
Visual identity for Janáček Brno 2026 will be created by award-winning illustrator Michal Bačák. The design will be revealed at the JANÁČEK AT THE START! concert on 31 October.
What await visitors to the Janáček Brno 2026 festival? We will be revealing all this on 31 October 2025 at a gala concert to be held at the Mahen Theatre.
Janáček Brno 2026 is to be a jubilee festival, as this will be the tenth time that Brno has immersed itself over the course of a number of weeks in Janáček’s music, his inspirations, his life story and the influence he had on his contemporaries and those who came after him. This time, the festival motto is to be ROOTS, because what we grow from influences each and every one of us. In the work of artists, no matter whether they are composers, visual artists or performers, their roots are reflected throughout their lives; they may be more evident at some times, less so at others, but they never disappear. In the festival’s jubilee year we would, for this reason, like to show what Janáček’s work is rooted in, what it grew from, and how far it progressed.
The Janáček Brno 2026 Festival, which is to take place from 13 October to 17 November 2026, is to be something of a jubilee, as we will be coming together for the tenth time. The entire city of Brno will once again be immersing itself for several weeks in Janáček’s music, inspirations and destinies in life and the influence he had on his contemporaries and those who followed him. This jubilee is to be unique in many ways, though the focal point of the festival is to be the performance of all nine of Janáček’s operas, which are to be heard together in the Moravian metropolis for the first time since 2004.
