BBC Symphony Orchestra at 90

Penny Gore closes this week of celebrations of the 90th anniversary of the BBC Symphony Orchestra with one of its former Chief Conductors, Jiri Belohlavek, conducting an outstanding performance of Janacek's comic opera The Adventures of Mr. Broucek. Tenor Jan Vacik is in the title role, leading an almost entirely Czech cast plus the BBC Singers. Two Excursions: one drunken flight of fantasy to the moon, the other back in time to 15th century war-torn Prague! This is Janacek's operatic reaction to the satirical stories of Svatopluk Cech, and unique among his operas: comic, serious, and patriotic. Recorded at the Barbican Hall in February 2017.

Jan Vacik - Tenor (Mr Broucek)
Peter Straka - Tenor (Mazal/Ethereal/Kunka)
Maria Haan - Soprano (Malinka/Etherea/Kunka)
Roman Janal - Baritone (Sacristan, Lunobor, Domsik)
Zdenek Plech - Bass (Wurfl/Caroskvouci/Councillor)
Ivan Kusnjer - Baritone (The apparition of Svatopluk/Second Taborite)
Lenka Smidova - Mezzo-soprano (Housekeeper/Kedruta)
Martina Bauerova - Soprano (Young Waiter/Child Prodigy/Student)
Jaroslav Brezina - Tenor (Painter/Duhoslav/Vojta from the Peacocks/Voice of the Professor)
Ales Briscein - Tenor (Composer/Harfoboboj/Miroslav the goldsmith)
Vaclav Sibera - Baritone (Poet [Prague]/Oblacny/Vacek Bradaty)
Edward Goater - Tenor (Poet)
Christopher Bowen - Tenor (Another Poet)
Charles Gibbs - Bass (First Taborite)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek, conductor