St. Wenceslas Music Festival / Ostrava

Name: St. Wenceslas Music Festival / Ostrava
Start: 2026-09-28T18:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-28T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Filharmonie Brno

took place · 28 Sep 2026

Brno Philharmonic, Brno

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The St. Wenceslas Music Festival takes place in Ostrava. The festival offers a diverse programme of classical music and traditional compositions.

About the venue: Brno Philharmonic

Filharmonie Brno is a symphony orchestra founded in 1956 through the merger of the Brno Radio and Regional orchestras, ranking among the top Czech orchestras. It is based in the neo-Renaissance Besední dům designed by Viennese architect Theophil von Hansen, and has been known as a Janáček orchestra since its earliest days. It organises festivals including Moravian Autumn, the Easter Festival of Sacred Music, and a summer open-air festival at Špilberk Castle. On tour, the orchestra performs across Europe, the USA, Latin America, and the Far and Near East.

Komenského náměstí 534/8, 602 00 Brno Get directions

Line-up

Marie Smolka 18:00
Bella Adamova 18:00
Ilker Arcayürek 18:00
Krešimir Stražanac 18:00

About: Marie Smolka

A native of Ostrava, she has belonged to the Tiroler Landestheater ensemble in Innsbruck since the 2023/24 season, praised for both the title role in Simplicius Simplicissimus and the Contessa in The Marriage of Figaro. Opernwelt magazine named her Young Artist of the Year in 2022, and she now also guests at houses such as the Komische Oper Berlin and Hamburg State Opera.

2022

title Young Artist of the Year from Opernwelt

2025

nomination among the most significant singers of the year (Opernwelt)

2021-2023

engagement at Theater Bremen

What's new

2026
In 2026, she makes her debut at the Vienna Musikverein with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Petr Popelka.
2025/26
In the 2025/26 season, she makes her debut at the Opéra de Lille in Philip Glass's opera Les Enfants Terribles and sings for the first time in Vienna with the Wiener Symphoniker under the baton of Petr Popelka.
2024/25
In the 2024/25 season, she made her debut as the Countess at the Komische Oper Berlin (directed by Kiril Serebrennikov) and at the Hamburg State Opera in Neumeier's ballet evening Epilog.

Tracks

Simplicius Simplicissimus (K. A. Hartmann)title role in Innsbruck, highly acclaimed interpretation by critics

Le nozze di Figarorole of Contessa, including debut at Komische Oper Berlin under the direction of Kirill Serebrennikov

La Bohèmerole of Mimi at Tiroler Landestheater

Les Enfants Terribles (Philip Glass)debut at Opéra de Lille in the 2025/26 season

Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann)Vienna debut with Wiener Symphoniker under the baton of Petr Popelka

About: Český filharmonický sbor Brno

Český filharmonický sbor Brno is a professional mixed choir based in Brno, founded in 1990. The ensemble performs a broad repertoire spanning Renaissance polyphony to contemporary works. It collaborates with prominent Czech and international conductors and orchestras, appearing regularly on domestic and international stages.

About: Filharmonie Brno

Filharmonie Brno is a symphony orchestra based in Brno, Czech Republic, founded in 1956. It is one of the country's major orchestras, performing a broad symphonic repertoire. Dennis Russell Davies served as its chief conductor for many years.

About: Bella Adamová

Bella Adamova is a Czech mezzo-soprano born in Grozny, Chechnya, who grew up in Prague and studied in London, Cologne, Hanover, and Basel. She moves freely between song recitals, oratorio, and opera, with a repertoire spanning baroque to contemporary music. In 2022 she won the main prize in the oratorio category at the International Vocal Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch, and also took top honours at the International Robert Schumann Competition. In the 2025/26 season she is artist-in-residence with the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra.

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