1.0Janáček Brno 2026https://2025.janacek-brno.cz/en/FESTIVAL PREVIEW: 22. 11. 2025, 6 p.m. Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (National Theatre Brno) - Janáček Brno 2026rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="gPOGWIYYOo"><a href="https://2025.janacek-brno.cz/en/22-11-2025-jeji-pastorkyna/"><span style>FESTIVAL PREVIEW: <br><strong>22. 11. 2025, 6 p.m.</strong> <br> Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (National Theatre Brno)</span></a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://2025.janacek-brno.cz/en/22-11-2025-jeji-pastorkyna/embed/#?secret=gPOGWIYYOo" width="600" height="338" title="“<span style>FESTIVAL PREVIEW: <br><strong>22. 11. 2025, 6 p.m.</strong> <br> Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa (National Theatre Brno)</span>” — Janáček Brno 2026" data-secret="gPOGWIYYOo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
/**
* WordPress inline HTML embed
*
* @since 4.4.0
* @output wp-includes/js/wp-embed.js
*
* Single line comments should not be used since they will break
* the script when inlined in get_post_embed_html(), specifically
* when the comments are not stripped out due to SCRIPT_DEBUG
* being turned on.
*/
(function ( window, document ) {
'use strict';
/* Abort for ancient browsers. */
if ( ! document.querySelector || ! window.addEventListener || typeof URL === 'undefined' ) {
return;
}
/** @namespace wp */
window.wp = window.wp || {};
/* Abort if script was already executed. */
if ( !! window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage ) {
return;
}
/**
* Receive embed message.
*
* @param {MessageEvent} e
*/
window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage = function( e ) {
var data = e.data;
/* Verify shape of message. */
if (
! ( data || data.secret || data.message || data.value ) ||
/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test( data.secret )
) {
return;
}
var iframes = document.querySelectorAll( 'iframe[data-secret="' + data.secret + '"]' ),
blockquotes = document.querySelectorAll( 'blockquote[data-secret="' + data.secret + '"]' ),
allowedProtocols = new RegExp( '^https?:$', 'i' ),
i, source, height, sourceURL, targetURL;
for ( i = 0; i < blockquotes.length; i++ ) {
blockquotes[ i ].style.display = 'none';
}
for ( i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++ ) {
source = iframes[ i ];
if ( e.source !== source.contentWindow ) {
continue;
}
source.removeAttribute( 'style' );
if ( 'height' === data.message ) {
/* Resize the iframe on request. */
height = parseInt( data.value, 10 );
if ( height > 1000 ) {
height = 1000;
} else if ( ~~height < 200 ) {
height = 200;
}
source.height = height;
} else if ( 'link' === data.message ) {
/* Link to a specific URL on request. */
sourceURL = new URL( source.getAttribute( 'src' ) );
targetURL = new URL( data.value );
if (
allowedProtocols.test( targetURL.protocol ) &&
targetURL.host === sourceURL.host &&
document.activeElement === source
) {
window.top.location.href = data.value;
}
}
}
};
function onLoad() {
var iframes = document.querySelectorAll( 'iframe.wp-embedded-content' ),
i, source, secret;
for ( i = 0; i < iframes.length; i++ ) {
/** @var {IframeElement} */
source = iframes[ i ];
secret = source.getAttribute( 'data-secret' );
if ( ! secret ) {
/* Add secret to iframe */
secret = Math.random().toString( 36 ).substring( 2, 12 );
source.src += '#?secret=' + secret;
source.setAttribute( 'data-secret', secret );
}
/*
* Let post embed window know that the parent is ready for receiving the height message, in case the iframe
* loaded before wp-embed.js was loaded. When the ready message is received by the post embed window, the
* window will then (re-)send the height message right away.
*/
source.contentWindow.postMessage( {
message: 'ready',
secret: secret
}, '*' );
}
}
window.addEventListener( 'message', window.wp.receiveEmbedMessage, false );
document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', onLoad, false );
})( window, document );
</script>
https://janacek-brno.cz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Jeji-pastorkyna-20251017BB-37.jpg19201280Better a scarred face than a scarred soul.Jenůfa is one of Janáček´s most famous works. It has its roots in a realistic drama by G. Preissová (1862–1946), which Janáček adapted himself into the form of an opera libretto. Even though he had to shorten the text of the drama significantly, he managed to heighten the impact of this tragic story from rural Moravia. The protagonists include wasteful and unstable Števa, fierce Laca, who hides a heart of gold, and most of all the unrelenting Kostelnička, whose efforts to maintain her position and respect in the village community lead her to murder the child of Jenůfa. Janáček (1854–1928) captured the individual characters in a masterful, condensed drama that sends chills down one´s spine while simultaneously awakening compassion and understanding within us. It took Janáček nearly nine years to create Jenůfa. He finished the first act of the opera in 1897, while the second and the third were created under circumstances that were extremely tragic for the Janáček family. In 1902, the composer´s daughter Olga became seriously ill during a visit to Janáček´s brother in Saint Petersburg. Janáček completed the second act of the opera after Olga´s return home, and the third immediately before her death in February 1903. He dedicated Jenůfa to the memory of his daughter. Janáček wanted the premiere of the opera to be at the National Theatre in Prague, but he was refused with the explanation that the opera wasn´t suitable for performance on a leading Czech stage. The premiere thus took place in Brno on 21st January 1904, and it was an incredible success. It took until 1915 to persuade the management of the Prague theatre and the conductor Karel Kovařovic to perform Jenůfa. However, after the very successful Prague premiere on 26. 5. 1916, Janáček finally because successful as a composer not only in the Czech environment but also world-wide.Premiere on 2nd October 2015, Janáček´s TheaterPerformed in the original Czech with Czech, English and German subtitles.