MENDEL MEGAKING, or When a Pea Starts Singing, is a family opera set in a primary school, connecting the world of eighth-graders Adam and Eve to the world of Gregor Mendel, the founder of genetics. Here, Mendel appears in the form of the school caretaker Jandl, marveling at the laws of genetics and of life itself.

Created in collaboration with the Znojmo Music Festival, the production of the opera is prepared by a team of students from the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Together with the composer and librettist Miloš Orson Štědroň, they promise a rewarding musical and theatrical experience.

programme

Miloš Orson Štedroň:
MENDEL MEGAKING
or When a Pea Starts Singing

Performers

František Křepela – conductor
Isabelle Arce – director
Viktorie Vágnerová – set design
Jana Mlatečková – costumes
Martin Krupa – light design
Mária Ohraďanová – production

Soloists and orchestra
of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, Faculty of Music

Co-production Music Festival Znojmo

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