Date: 1st October 2020 at 19:00

Janáček´s song cycle for chamber ensembles The Diary of One Who Disappeared has long been a traditional part of the festival, both in the concert and staged versions, performed by outstanding tenors such as Peter Straka and Aleš Briscein, or the excellent British tenors Toby Spence and Edgar Lyon. The Diary of One Who Disappeared won´t be absent in 2020 either, and one of Slovakia’s leading tenors, Pavol Breslík, will perform the main role in Brno for the first time. Visitors to (for instance) the New York Metropolitan Opera, the Bavarian State Opera or the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden regularly have the opportunity to hear this singer; he also participates in the Salzburg and Edinburgh festivals, in the BBC Proms, and other events.

Program & cast:
JAN JIRASKÝ’S PIANO RECITAL will take place in the first half of the evening.

Leoš Janáček – In the Mists,
Béla Bartók – Allegro barbaro,
Kryštof Mařatka – Onyrik, future and exotic tales for piano,
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky – Piano Rag Music

In the second part:
LEOŠ JANÁČEK – THE DIARY OF ONE WHO DISAPPEARED premiere of a production based on the author’s stage notes.