Leos Janacek News

A stir begins in a corridor near the Civic Opera House's stage door. A tall blond in a chic white wool coat and matching brimmed hat rushes in, hugging Lyric staffers she meets along the way.

Even by New York standards, this is a particularly lively week for opera and classical music.

JIM OESTREICH: We're going to want to hear more from Charles about Patrice Chereau.

Emil Viklicky and Venus Records are pleased to announce the release of Emil's latest CD, Sinfonietta~The Janacek of Jazz .

JUST as a diva regards her Metropolitan Opera debut as proof that she has arrived, a Met premiere confers on a work a lasting seal of approval.

In this July 18, 2001 file photo, "Kostelnicka" Hildegard Behrens, left, and "Steva Buryja" David Kuebler, rehearse a scene of the opera "Jenufa" by composer Leos Janacek and director Bob Swaim, in Salzburg, Austria.

In this second and final part of an interview with author Haruki Murakami, he talks about his new novel "1Q84" , a long work he wrote on 1,984 sheets of 400-character paper, according to Shinchosha Publishing Co.

The most underrated classical composer of the 20th Century? If it's not the Czech-born Leos Janacek , then he certainly belongs on the short list.