Smetana’s Litomyšl
National festival | 10. 6. - 6. 7. 2021
Bedřich Smetana: Libuše
Wednesday 18 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Festive opera in three acts to the text of Josef Wenzig and Ervín Špindler.
Performed in Czech, English and German subtitles.
In the title role Eva Urbanová, Opera of the National Theatre in Prague.
Director Petr Novotný, conductor Oliver Dohnányi
Sector A 890 CZK • Sector B 690 CZK • Sector C 490 CZK • Wheelchairs 90 CZK
Off-site concert in Svitavy
Thursday 19 June 2008, 19:30, Svitavy, Grand Hall, Fabrika Cultural Centre
Miloslav Kabeláč:Symphony No.4 in A , Op.36 " Camerata" Richard Wagner:Five Songs on poems by Mathilde Wesendonk John Williams: Composition from Schindler's List Gustav Mahler:Five Songs on poems by Friedrich Rückeret
Dagmar Pecková - mezzo-soprano, Leoš Čepický - violin Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, conductor Vojtěch Spurný.
Entrance fee 590 CZK
The Bartered Bride - public rehearsal
Thursday 19 June 2008 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
A rehearsal of new opera production is open for public.
No seat reservation, entrance fee: adult 100 CZK, children 50 CZK
Bedřich Smetana: Bartered Bride
Friday 20 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
public rehearsal Thursday 19 June 2008 21:00
A comic opera in three acts to the libretto of Karel Sabina.Stage premiere - coproduction between the National Theatre in Prague and Smetana's Litomyšl.
Performed in Czech, English and German subtitles
Opera of the National Theatre in Prague.Director Magdalena Švecová, conductor Ondrej Lenárd.
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Organ Matinee
Saturday 21 June 2008, 11:00, Litomyšl, Chapter Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross
Charles-Maria Widor:Toccana from Symphony for OrganNo.5 in F minor,Op.42 Léon Boëlmann:Gothic suite,Op.25Antonín Dvořák:Symphony no.9 in E minor,Op.92" New World Symphony"
(Czech premiere of the symphony transcription).
Aleš Bárta: - organ.
Entrance fee 180 CZK, no reservation
Smetana Trio
Saturday 21 June 2008, 16:00, Litomyšl, Smetana's House
Josef Suk:Elegy for piano,violin andcello, Op.23 Bedřich Smetana:Trio in G minor for piano,violin and cello,Op.15 Pjotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:Trio in A minor for piano,violin and cello ,Op.50 "In memory of a Great Artist"
The Smetana Trio: Jana Nováková - violin, Jitka Čechová - piano, Jan Páleníček - cello. Sector A 150 CZK • Sector B 120 CZK • Sector C 100 CZK
Bedřich Smetana: Bartered Bride
Saturday 21 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
public rehearsal Thursday 19 June 2008 21:00
A comic opera in three acts to the libretto of Karel Sabina.Stage premiere - coproduction between the National Theatre in Prague and Smetana's Litomyšl.
Performed in Czech, English and German subtitles
Opera of the National Theatre in Prague.Director Magdalena Švecová, conductor Ondrej Lenárd.
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Ceremonial Holy Mass
Sunday 22 June 2008, 10:15, Litomyšl, Piarist Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross
Traditional thanksgiving service
Main celebrant: Prof. Tomáš Halík
Music accompaniment: Johann Sebastian Bach - selection of church cantatas
Kühn's Mixed Choir, Choirmaster: Marek Vorlíček
Soloists of the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice Conductor: Jaroslav Brych
Free entrance
Edvard Hagerup Grieg: Peer Gynt
Sunday 22 June 2008, 18:00 hodin, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Concert version of the incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's drama. Performed in Czech, no subtitles
Actors:Jiří Langmajer, Pavel Soukup, Marika Procházková Singers:Václav Sibera, Jitka Burgetová, Jana Sýkorová
Choir and orchestra of the State Opera in Prag . Conducor Guillaume Tourniaire
Sector A 490 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 50 CZK
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Monday 23 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Grand opera in four acts, libretto by Temistocle Solera.
Performed in Italian language, Czech subtitles
State Opera in Prague conductor Hillary Griffith director Karel Němec
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Tuesday 24 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Grand opera in four acts, libretto by Temistocle Solera.
Performed in Italian language, Czech subtitles
State Opera in Prague conductor Hillary Griffith director Karel Němec
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Gershwin - Bernstein
Wednesday 25 June 2008, 19:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Cuban Overture, I Got Rhythm
Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no. 3 Kaddish
Fazil Say - piano, Soňa Červená - narrator, Edita Adlerova - mezzosporan
Bonifantes boy's choir Pardubice, Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno,
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra , conductor Leoš Svárovský
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Lukáš Hurník: The Angels
Thursday 26 June 2008, 18:00, Litomyšl, Smetana's House
Operatic show on musical angels with devilish inclinations to the libretto by Petr Čenský. Performance for children and youth over 10 years of age Performed in Czech, no subtitles.
Children´s Opera Prague, director: Gabriela Haukvicová , conductor: Jan Kučera
Entrance fee: 150 CZK
Petr Eben: Job
Thursday 26 June 2008, 20:30, Litomyšl, Chapter Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross
Cycle of organ compositions with reading from The Old Testament Dedicated to the memory of prof.Petr Eben
Tomáš Thon: organ Marek Eben: recitation
Petr Eben
Entrance fee 180 CZK
Antonín Dvořák: Requiem
Friday 27 June 2008, 20:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Funeral mass for soloists, choir and orchestra to a Latin text.
Adriana Kohútková: soprano, Dagmar Pecková: mezzosoprano, Tomáš Černý: tenor, Peter Mikuláš: Bass
Prague Philharmonic Choir - choirmaster: Lukáš Vasilek, Czech Philharmonic: conductor Ondrej Lenárd.
Sector A 790 CZK • Sector B 490 CZK • Sector C 390 CZK • Wheelchairs 80 CZK
Piano Matinee of Jitka Čechová
Saturday 28 June 2008, 11:00, Litomyšl, Smetana's House
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for piano no. 8 a minor, KV 310, Franz Liszt: Mefisto Waltz no. 1, Bedřich Smetana: Dreams
Piano -Jitka Čechová
Sector A 150 CZK • Sector B 120 CZK • Sector C 100 CZK
Bedřich Smetana: My Country
Saturday 28 June 2008, 17:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Cycle of symphonic poems.
Czech Philharmonic, conductor Libor Pešek.
Sector A 890 CZK • Sector B 690 CZK • Sector C 490 CZK • Wheelchairs 90 CZK
Near Voices from Afar
Saturday 28 June 2008, 21:30, Litomyšl, Piarist Church of the Finding of the Holy Cross
Meditative inter-religion project; a musical meeting of two spiritual cultures.
Association of Japanese Buddhist monks Gyosan-ryu Tendai shomyo, artistic director Saikawa Buntai, Schola Gregoriana Pragensis, artistic director David Eben.
Entrance fee 250 CZK
Gioacchino Rossini: The Barber of Seville
Sunday 29 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
A comic opera in two acts, libretto Cesare Sterbini. Performed in Italian, Czech subtitles
Janáček opera of the National Theatre in Brno, director Sandro Santillo, conductor David Švec
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Monday 30 June 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
A ballet on the timeless lovers and their unrequited love.
Libretto according to the tragedy of the same title by William Shakespeare written by L. Lavrovsky, S. Prokofiev and S. Radlov.
Ballet of the National Theatre in Brno, choreography and director Zdeněk Prokeš, conductor Jan Zbavitel.
Sector A 690 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 70 CZK
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday 01 July 2008, 18:00 hodin, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Cosi fan tutte (Overture), Robert Beaser: Evening Prayer - Composition commisioned by BYSO, Leonard Bernstein/Frank Bennett: West Side - Variants, Antonín Dvořák: Symphony no. in G major, Op.88 "English".
Mark Miller - clarinet, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Federico Cortese.
Sector A 390 CZK • Sector B 290 CZK • Sector C 190 CZK • Wheelchairs 40 CZK
Vivat Carolus Quartus
Wednesday 02 July 2008, 17:30, Litomyšl, Castle, Small Theatre
Concert homage to the Father of our Nation, Charles IV.
Music composed and performed on guitar by Štěpán Rak, from the Morality of Charles IV narrated by Alfréd Strejček. Performed in Czech.
Sector A 290 CZK • Sector B 190 CZK • Sector C 50 CZK (seats with limited visibility)
Sylvie Bodorová: Mojžíš (Moses)
Thursday 03 July 2008, 21:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Oratorio to the libretto by the composer according to the Old Testament
for soloists, narrators, children's and mixed choir and grand orchestra.
World Premiere - composition commissioned for the 50th anniversary of Smetana‘s Litomyšl International Opera Festival.
Gabriela Beňačková, Ivan Kusnjer, Otokar Klein, narrators, Kühn's children's choir, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Prague Symphony Orchestra, conductor Tomáš Hanus. Sylvie Bodorová
Sector A 490 CZK • Sector B 390 CZK • Sector C 290 CZK • Wheelchairs 50 CZK
Vivat 50th Smetana´s Litomyšl
Friday 04 July 2008, 22:15 hodin, Litomyšl, Černá hora Municipal Stadium
Fire-works performance by Flash Barrandov.
No entrance fee.
Gala opera - Solo for Ladies
Saturday 05 July 2008, 19:00, Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Ceremonial closing concert, a programme of arias and operatic duets from:
Giacomo Puccini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Offenbach, Leo Delibes etc.
Eleonore Marguerre, Arpiné Rahdjian - soprano, Zoryana Kushpler - mezzo-soprano
Orchestra of the Janáček Opera Ensemble of the National Theatre in Brno, Conductor: Fabrizio Ventura
Sector A 990 CZK • Sector B 790 CZK • Sector C 590 CZK • Wheelchairs 100 CZK
