Stage
Šárka
opera in three acts
libretto by Leoš Janáček, based on a play of the same name by Julius Zeyer
Act 3 orchestrated by Osvald Chlubna
1887-88, rev. 1919, 1925
- premiere 11. 11. 1925
Brno
first publication Universal Edition - Editio Moravia, Vienna - Brno 2001 (piano-vocal score, full score, performing material, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition).
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JW I/1
1887–88
rev. 1919
1925
Rákos Rákoczy
scene from Moravian Slovakia with original songs and dances in one act
- libretto by Jan Herben
- premiere 24. 7. 1891 Prague
first edition Dilia, Prague 1957 (full score 1957, piano-vocal score 1978)
JW I/2
1891
Počátek románu [The Beginning of a Romance]
opera in one act
libretto by Jaroslav Tichý, based on a short story by Gabriela Preissová
- premiere 10. 2. 1894 Brno
first edition, Dilia - Alkor-Editio, Prague-Kassel 1978 (ed. Evžen Holiš)
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JW I/3
1891
Její pastorkyňa [Jenůfa]
opera in three acts
libretto by Leoš Janáček after the play "Její pastorkyňa" by Gabriela Preissová
- 1894-1903, rev. 1907, 1908, 1915
- premiere 21. 1. 1904 Brno
first edition Club of the Friends of Art, Brno 1908 (piano-vocal score), Universal Edition, Vienna 1918 (full score), 1969 (full score, ed. Joannes Martin Dürr), 1996 (full score, piano-vocal score, ed. Charles Mackerras, John Tyrrell, Brno version 1908), 2019-20 (full score, piano-vocal score , ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition - in preparation).
JW I/4
1894–1903
rev. 1907
1908
1915
Osud [Fate]
opera in three acts
- libretto by Fedora Bartošová
- 1903-05, rev. 1906, 1907
- premiere 13. 3. 1934 (Radio Brno, incomplete), 18. 9. 1934 (Radio Brno, complete), 25. 10. 1958 Brno (first staged production)
first edition Dilia, Prague 1964 (piano-vocal score), 1978 (full score, ed. Václav Nosek), Bärenreiter Prague 2015 (full score, piano-vocal score, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition)
JW I/5
1903–05
rev. 1906
1907
Výlety pana Broučka do Měsíce [The Excursion of Mr Brouček to the Moon]
opera in two acts and epilogue
- libretto by Leoš
Janáček in collaboration with Karel Mašek, František Gellner, Viktor Dyk and F.
S. Procházka
- premiere 19. 11. 2010 Brno
first edition Universal Edition - Editio Moravia, Vienna - Brno 2003 (piano-vocal score, full score, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition)
JW I/6
1908–17
Výlety páně Broučkovy [The Excursions of Mr Brouček]
opera in two parts 1. The excursion of Mr Brouček to the moon 2. The excursion of Mr Brouček to the XV century
- libretto 1. by Leoš
Janáček in collaboration with Karel Mašek, František Gellner, Viktor Dyk and F.
S. Procházka, 2. F. S. Procházka
- 1908-18, rev. 1920, 1926
- premiere 23. 4. 1920 Prague
- first edition Universal Edition, Vienna 1919 (piano-vocal score), 1959? (full score), Universal Edition, Vienna 2003 (piano-vocal score, full score, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition)
JW I/7
1908–18
rev. 1920
1926
Káťa Kabanová
opera in three acts
- libretto by Leoš Janáček after A. N. Ostrovsky's play The Thunderstorm (translation Vincenc Červinka)
- 1920-21, rev. 1927
- premiere 23. 11. 1921 Brno
first edition Universal Edition, Vienna 1922 (full score and piano-vocal score), 1992, 1993 (full score and piano-vocal score, ed. Charles Mackerras, 1927 version), 2021 (full score and piano-vocal score, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition, in print).
JW I/8
1920–21
rev. 1927
Příhody lišky Bystroušky [The Cunning Little Vixen]
opera in three acts
- libretto by Leoš Janáček on a story by Rudolf Těsnohlídek
- 1922-23
- premiere 6. 11. 1924 Brno
first edition Universal Edition, Vienna 1924 (piano-vocal score), 1961 (full score), Editio Peters, Leipzig 1984 (ed. Miroslav Barvík and Reiner Zimmermann), Universal Edition, Vienna 2010 (piano-vocal score, full score, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition)
JW I/9
1922–23
Věc Makropulos [The Makropulos Affair]
opera in three acts
- libretto by Leoš Janáček, based on a comedy of the same name by Karel Čapek
- 1923-25
- premiere 18. 12. 1926 Brno
first edition Universal Edition, Vienna 1926 (piano-vocal score), 1970 (full score), 2014 (full score, piano-vocal score, ed. Jiří Zahrádka, critical edition)
JW I/10
1923–25
Z mrtvého domu [From the House of the Dead]
opera in three acts
- libretto by Leoš Janáček after Dostoyevsky's novel Notes from the House of the Dead
- 1927-28, rev. 1930 (Chlubna, Bakala, Zítek)
- premiere 12. 4. 1930 Brno
- first edition Universal Edition, Vienna 1930 (full score and piano-vocal score), 1990 (full score, ed. Charles Mackerras, John Tyrrell), 2019 (full score, piano-vocal score, ed. John Tyrrell, critical edition)
JW I/11
1927–28