I love the operas of Leos Janacek. So do audiences — when they go to see them. But the works remain stubbornly on the outskirts of the repertory. By Zachary Woolfe Reporting from Cleveland When I was ...
No opera composer has ever rivalled Leos Janacek in his ability to put colloquial language on the musical stage. “I secretly listened to the speech of passers-by,” this Moravian composer wrote of the ...
Czech Composer Leos Janacek was 40 when he started his masterpiece, the opera Jenufa. He was close to 50 when he finished the work and past 60 before he found an audience that could appreciate it. In ...
In addition to being highly regarded as a classical composer, Czech pianist and composer Emil Viklický has been a significant presence on the international jazz scene for over 50 years. His jazz ...
In addition to being highly regarded as a classical composer, Czech pianist and composer Emil Viklický has been a significant presence on the international jazz scene for over 50 years. His jazz ...