Janáček Theatre [Brno]
type: Item
label: Janáčkovo divadlo @cs
label: teatro Janáček @it
description: Theatre building in Brno, Czech Republic
description: operagebouw in Tsjechië @nl
alternative label: Janáček Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 136
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Czech Republic
City: Brno
GPS: Point(16.6108 49.1981)
Wikidata source: Q3511873
opening date: 1965-10-02T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 140646
Address: Rooseveltova 31/7
Web: www.ndbrno.cz
architect: Jan Víšek
architect: Vilém Zavřel
architect: Otakar Oplatek
architect: Libuše Žáčková-Pokorová
Importance: national or regional importance
Building relation: freestanding building
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
type of operator: resident theatre company
type of operator: Amateur theatre
building purpose: Theatre operation building
Theatre space character: performing arts building
Theatres by Javorin (1949) id: 15 -18
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q185683
Carthalia ID: 227
Note: Built 1945-1965 by Otakar Oplatek and Vilém Zavrel. Named in honour of the Czech composer, Leoš Janáček (1854-1928). Opened Oct 1965 with Janáček's Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The cunning little vixen). Used for opera and ballet performances by the resident companies, and for concerts by the Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. 1317 seats.