Smetanova Litomyšl, o.p.s.

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Litomyšl Native Bedřich Smetana

Bedřich Smetana was a significant composer in the romantic period. From his early youth he concerned himself with music, especially playing the piano and composition.
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History of the Festival

The grand festival of classical music Smetana’s Litomyšl has been held since 1946 in the home town of the founder of Czech national music Bedřich Smetana, the old-fashioned east Bohemian town of Litomyšl.

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Litomyšl – A Modern Historical Town

Litomyšl can boast of both ancient and modern architecture, a rich social life but at the same time plenty of peace and quiet.

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Smetana’s Litomyšl Festival

The Smetana’s Litomyšl festival is the second oldest music festival in the Czech Republic, and at the same time it is among the largest regular classical music festivals held in the country.

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NATIONAL THEATRE TO SMETANA'S LITOMYŠL

Sunday 14.6. • Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard • 18.00 hrs

Ceremonial concert for the 60th aniversary of the founding of the Smetana's Litomyšl Festival. Arias, choruses, ensemble scenes and orchestra passages from operas by Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovski, Charlese Gounoda, Charles Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Strauss.

Solo singers: Maria Haan, Kateřina Kněžíková, Marie Fajtová, Aleš Briscein, Ivan Kusnjer, Miloslav Podskalský. Choir and orchesta of the Opera of the National Theatre in Prague, conductor Tomáš Netopil.