We are off on an excursion, two excursions in fact, in the company of a landlord from Prague, who is, let us say, a little rough around the edges. The first journey of Mr Brouček is to the Moon where our beer-drinking hero (literally ‘Mr Beetle’) meets the oh-so sophisticated Moon-dwellers. In the second, we travel through time to the early 15th century to a heroic period in Czech history when the Czechs fought off armies of crusaders from the rest of Europe. Will Mr Brouček fare any better in Prague circa 1420, when Czechs are on the eve of a famous victory defending their Hussite faith? For this new production from the heart of the composer’s home country, Janáček Festival Brno has entrusted the staging to the famous Canadian director, Robert Carsen who thus opens the 2024 Festival with this, his sixth production of a Janáček opera.
Robert Carsen
Director
Nicky Spence
Matěj Brouček
Daniel Matoušek
Mazal / Blankytný / Petřík
David Szendiuch
Sacristan / Lunobor / Domšík
Doubravka Novotná
Málinka / Etherea / Kunka
Jan Šťáva
Würfl / Čaroskvoucí / Councillor
Andrea Široká
Číšníček / Child prodigy / Student
Jana Horáková Levicová
Kedruta
Daniel Kfelíř
Svatopluk Čech
Tadeáš Hoza
Básník / Other voice / Oblačný / Vacek Bradatý
Clika80%
Battle of the Year67%
Too Late Blues63%
A61%
Mo' Better Blues64%
Footlight Parade68%
Hans Zimmer: Live in Prague86%
Teen Spirit60%
Love Happy58%
Dinner in America77%
A Late Quartet66%
O'Dessa58%
A Mighty Wind67%
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie62%
Jersey Boys67%
Hounddog64%
Coda60%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Find Me Falling65%
Arlo the Alligator Boy67%
