Opera
The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

Fate

Leoš Janáček

The National Theatre

Festival of Music Theatre 2020

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Basic information

Venue

The National Theatre

Ensemble

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (Ostrava)

Language

In Czech, surtitles in Czech, English

Premiere

October 18, 2018

Opera Festival 2020

Performance of the Silesian Theatre Opava as part of the 14th Festival of Music Theater Opera 2020 (www.festival-opera.cz).

Janáček’s “waltz” opera was composed in a conscious contrast to the previous opera Jenufa/Her Stepdaughter– using all the effects of impressionism and verism.

Cast

2022-2023
2023-2024

Creatives

Stage director

Jiří Nekvasil

Sets

Daniel Dvořák

Video projection

Otakar Mlčoch

Costumes

Simona Rybáková

Chorus master

Jurij Galatenko

Motion cooperation

Jana TomsováYago Catalinas Heredia

Dramaturgy

Eva Mikulášková

About

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Chorus and Orchestra

After the death of his daughter Olga the composer was looking for the theme while enchanted by a 28-year-old “Star from Luhačovice”: the theme “fresh, modern, bursting with life and elegance”. The work evidently contains autobiographical elements (Janáček's love Kamila Urválková - character Mila Válková) but the inspiration by Eugene Onegin is obvious as well. The opera taking place at the colonnade of the Luhačovice Spa in a stifling family atmosphere and several years later in the conservatory's auditorium, where the new opera is practiced, are connected with the question: Do you know what love is?

Approximate running time, including intermission: 1 hour, 50 minutes Premiere:

October 18, 2018, Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Photo and video gallery

Where to buy tickets

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What to wear?

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