Janacek's The Excursions of Mr Broucek

Drunken landlord Matěj Brouček just wants to be left alone in peace, but life has other plans, catapulting him first to the moon and then to 15th-century Prague. Based on a Czech novel, Janáček's comic opera is one of his freshest and most original works, with a score full of variety. It also has a serious side, with the profound sense of national pride which courses through the '15th-century' excursion.

Recorded at the Bregenz Festival in July. Flora Willson presents and is joined by Janáček expert Nigel Simeone.

Janáček: The Excursions of Mr Brouček

Matěj Brouček.....Peter Hoare (tenor)
Mazal/Blankytný/Petřík.....Mihails Čuļpajevs (tenor)
Sakristan Lunobor/Domšík.....Károly Szemerédy (baritone)
Málinka/Etherea/Kunka.....Tatev Baroyan (soprano)
Würfl/Čaroskvoucí/Kostka.....Jan Šťáva (bass)
Číšníček/Zázračné dítě/Žák.....Gaja Napast (soprano)
Kedruta.....Jana Kurucová (mezzo-soprano)
Svatopluk Čech/I.Táborita.....Svatopluk Sem (baritone)
Skladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav Zlatník.....Linard Vrielink (tenor)
Painter/Duhoslav/Voice of the Professors/Vojta od Pávů/II. Táborita.....Paul Curievici (tenor)
Básník/Oblačný/Vacek Bradatý.....Lukáš Bařák (baritone)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Robert Jindra (conductor)