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 ...

The Metropolitan Opera put on a gripping show on Friday night. It was Janacek’s “Kata Kabanova,” a tale of repression, infidelity, and torment. We have only a week and a half to go in this big Janacek ...

In May 1916 Czech composer Leos Janacek was preparing to go to a spa for some well-deserved R&R when he happened to read a group of anonymous poems published in a local newspaper. The verses told the ...

Des Moines Metro Opera has become one of the country’s most successful smaller companies doing adventurous repertory in a 467-seat space. By Zachary Woolfe I love the operas of Leos Janacek. So do ...

Czech composer Leos Janacek created a love duet for cello and piano and called it "Pohadka," or "Fairy Tale." And though Janacek was proud of his Czech heritage and based many of his works on folk ...