The opening ceremony will herald the return of one of the best opera directors Robert Carsen. This creator of productions praised for their dramatic grasp, poetics and artistic refinement returns to Janáček's operatic work. Robert Carsen will add this opera to five already staged operas by the Czech Master - Jenůfa, The Cunning Little Vixen, Katya Kabanova, The Makropulos Case and From the House of the Dead. This production was created specifically for Janáček's opera NdB.