Hannover: The Greek Passion

11 April 2025, 7:30 pm, Staatsoper Hannover, Hannover, Germany Bohuslav Martinů: The Greek Passion (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Barbora Horáková, music director: Stephan Zilias Cast: Christopher Sokolowski (Manolios), Eliza Boom (Katerina), Marco Lee (Yannakos), Fabio Dorizzi (Panait), Shavleg Armasi (Grigoris) and others Language: English with German subtitles Following performances: 22 and 25 April, … Read more

Bohuslav Martinů: Vanishing Midnight (world premiere)

13 March 2025, 7 pm, Congress Centre Zlin, Zlín Bohuslav Martinů: Vanishing Midnight, Cycle of symphonic poems for large orchestra, H. 131 (1922, world premiere) Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Robert Kružík

Terezie Švarcová: Chceme my se, chceme (world premiere)

26 June 2024, 7pm, New Synagogue in Libeň, Prague Victoria Ensemble: Bohuslav and Vita, performance with music of Bohuslav Martinů and Vítězslava Kaprálová Terezie Švarcová: Chceme my se, chceme (world premiere) Viktorie Kaplanová – soprano, Roman Janál – baritone, Vojtěch Červenka – piano

Osnabrück: The Greek Passion

29 April 2022, 7:30pm, Theater Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany Bohuslav Martinů: The Greek Passion (premiere of a new production) Directed by: Philipp Kochheim, music director: Andreas Hotz Cast: James Edgar Knight (Manolios), Susann Vent-Wunderlich (Katerina), Rhys Jenkins (priest Grigoris), Erik Rousi (priest Fotis) and others Following performances: 4, 15, 19, 22 and 27 May 2022

Göteborg: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere)

13 April 2019, GöteborgsOperan, Göteborg, Sweden Bohuslav Martinů: Three Fragments from Juliette (staged premiere in collaboration with National Theatre Brno) Directed by: David Radok, music director: Marko Ivanović Cast: Kerstin Avemo (Juliette), Joachim Bäckström (Michel) Language: French Following performances: 18, 24 and 26 Apr, 10 and 12 May 2019

Carnegie Hall: the American premiere of ‘Juliette’

22 March 2019, Carnegie Hall, New York Bohuslav Martinů: Juliette (The Key to Dreams) – American premiere, concert performance American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), cond. Leon Botstein Cast: Sara Jakubiak (Juliette), Aaron Blake (Michel) and others

Czech music as the main theme of this year’s Leamington Music Festival Weekend

4 – 7 May 2018, Royal Pump Rooms, The Parade, Leamington Spa, UK Leamington Music Festival Weekend Seven concerts of music by Antonín Rejcha, Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, Josef Suk, Bohuslav Martinů, Ervín Schulhoff, Klement Slavický and Luboš Fišer Ensemble 360, Pražák String Quartet, Guarneri Trio, Ivan Klánský, Jana Vonášková-Nováková, Martin Kasík, Nicholas Wearne

A Russian premiere of Bohuslav Martinů’s Greek Passion

For the first time ever, Bohuslav Martinů’s operatic masterpiece The Greek Passion was performed in Russia, at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Ekaterinburg. The premiere took place on 19 April with reprises over the following three days. The first of the opera’s two versions was directed by Thaddeus Strassberger and conducted by the theatre’s chiefconductor … Read more

Wuppertal: Julietta

On 3 March, Oper Wuppertal in North Rhine-Westphalia presented a new production of Bohuslav Martinů’s Julietta. It was the historically first performance of the composer’s operatic masterpiece in Western Germany. The production was created by an Israelian directress Inga Levant, who had already worked on The Tales of Hoffmann in Wuppertal this year. In Julietta, she once again focused on … Read more