CEREMONIAL OPENING CONCERT

Friday 10th June • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard


 

Bedřich Smetana: Czech Song
Cantata for mixed choir and orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 In D Minor,
Op. 125 (Ode To Joy)

 

Simona Šaturová - soprano Stanislava Jirků - mezzosoprano
Tomáš Juhás - tenor  Zdeněk Plech - bass
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
Choirmaster: Petr Fiala
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra   conductor: Leoš Svárovský

Estimated end 22.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

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CHURCH MUSIC IN BOHEMIA AROUND THE YEAR 1600

Saturday 11th June • 16:00 hrs • Chapter Church

 

Masses, motets, hymns, ricercars, fantasies, songs
Featuring works by:
Kryštof Harant z Polžic, Jiří Rychnovský, Charles Luython,
Franz Sale, Jakob Hassler, Jakobus Handl Gallus and Czech anonymous

 

Vocal ensemble Octopus Pragensis
artistic leader: Petr Daněk  Pavel Černý - organ

Estimated end 17.15 hrs, no intermission
Flat fee CZK 180 • Wheelchairs CZK 60 • no reservation

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SONGS AND DANCES OF LOVE

Saturday 11th June • 21.30 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 

An outstanding music and dance project; première commissioned by the Festival

Carl Orff: Catulli Carmina - scenic play on texts by the Roman poet G. V. Catullus for soloists, choir, 4 pianos and percussion instruments
Igor Stravinskij: Les Noces - choreographic scenes with singing and music

Anna Mikolajczyk - soprano
Lucie Hilscherová - mezzosoprano
Jaroslav Březina - tenor
Jurij Kruglov - bass

Karel Košárek, Alexandr Starý, Ladislav Doležel, Martin Levický - pianos
Central European Percussion Ensemble Brno DAMA DAMA
artistic leader: Dan Dlouhý
The Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir
Choir mistress: Tereza Válková
Dance Group Hradišťan
Dramaturgical cooperation: Michal Stránský
Choreography, directed by: Ladislava Košíková 
Conductor: Roman Válek

Estimated end 23.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK  

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SONGS AND DANCES OF LOVE

Sunday 12th June • 21.30 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

An outstanding music and dance project; première commissioned by the Festival

Carl Orff: Catulli Carmina - scenic play on texts by the Roman poet G. V. Catullus for soloists,
choir, 4 pianos and percussion instruments
Igor Stravinskij: Les Noces - choreographic scenes with singing and music

 

Anna Mikolajczyk - soprano
Lucie Hilscherová - mezzosoprano
Jaroslav Březina - tenor
Jurij Kruglov - bass

Karel Košárek, Alexandr Starý, Ladislav Doležel, Martin Levický - pianos
Central European Percussion Ensemble Brno DAMA DAMA
artistic leader: Dan Dlouhý
The Czech Ensemble Baroque Choir
Choir mistress: Tereza Válková
Dance Group Hradišťan
Dramaturgical cooperation: Michal Stránský
Choreography, directed by: Ladislava Košíková 
Conductor: Roman Válek

Estimated end 23.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK  

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CONCERT BY POPULAR REQUEST – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Monday 13th June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Famous songs from the rock band Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, The Show Must Go On), also featuring songs from Deep Purple, U2 and Rolling Stones arranged for a symphony orchestra

Nikoleta Spalas, Tereza Hálová, Markéta Poulíčková,
Monika Šramlová - vocals
František Hönig - drums and percussions

Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra  
Conductor: Friedemann Riehle

Estimated end 22.45 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

 

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CONCERT BY POPULAR REQUEST – BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

Tuesday 14th June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard



Famous songs from the rock band Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, The Show Must Go On), also featuring songs from Deep Purple, U2 and Rolling Stones arranged for a symphony orchestra

Nikoleta Spalas, Tereza Hálová, Markéta Poulíčková, Monika Šramlová - vocals
František Hönig - drums and percussions
Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra   conductor: Friedemann Riehle

Estimated end 22.45 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

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Dagmar Pecková - ON THE ROAD

Thursday 16th June • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard


Jubilee gala concert to the 30th annivesary of the prominent Czech mezzo-soprano's artistic career

Knowledge and Power of Song - G. Mahler, R. Wagner, R. Strauss, A. Dvořák, J. Canteloube, L. Berio
As Career Progressed - P. I. Čajkovskij, F. Loewe, W. A. Mozart, K. Weil, G. Bizet


Dagmar Pecková - mezzosopráno

Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Conductor: Vojtěch Spurný

Estimated end 22.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

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FROM THE NEW WORLD…

Friday 17th June • 19.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

On the occasion of 170th Antonin Dvorak‘s anniversary, a US orchestra will perform his New World Symphony in an almost "authentic version"

Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"

George Li - piano
NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Boston (USA)
Conductor: Benjamin Zander 

Estimated end 21.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 
50% discount for children under 15 and students

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MONDI PARALLELI

Saturday 18th June • 16:00 hrs • Chapter Church

 

Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa: Madrigaly (selection)
Jan Jirásek: Mondi Paralleli
concert premiére of choral cycle inspired by fundamentals of Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam
Veljo Tormis: Raua Needmine / Curse Upon Iron
cantata for mixed choir, baritone, bass and shaman drum

Jiřina Marešová - harpsichord, positive organ
Filip Dvořák - harpsichord
Jan Krejča - lute, theorbo
Czech Soloists Consort  conductor: Jan Míšek

Estimated end 17.45 hrs, no intermission
Flat fee CZK 250 • Wheelchairs CZK 80 • no reservation 

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LOHENGRIN & DALIBOR

Saturday 18th June • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard 

 

STORIES OF MYTHICAL KNIGHTS
Concert sampler from substantial operas by
Richard Wagner and Bedřich Smetana

 

 

Olga Romanko - Ortruda / Milada
Petra Froese - Elsa / Jitka
Michal Lehotský - Lohengrin / Dalibor
Svatopluk Sem - Vladislav
Choir and orchestra of the Prague State Opera  
Conductor: Gerd Albrecht

Estimated end 22.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK  

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The Graphic Scores of Milan Grygar

Sunday 19th June • 15:30 hrs • Litomyšl, New Evangelical Brethren Church House 

MoEns ensemble plays a visual score of Milan Grygar in implementation of Kamil Doležal along with an exhibition of paintings by Milan Grygar and projection featured the graphic scores. Organized by Zdenek Sklenar Gallery and Smetanova Litomyšl o.p.s.
Milan GrygarBlue Score for two pianos
Landscape Score for bass clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano, marimba and cymbal
Score of Signs for two piano players
Old Machinery Score for clarinet / bass clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano and drums
Score of Soundscape for bass clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, piano and percussion

MoEns ensemble:
Kamil Doležal - artistic director, clarinet / bass clarinet and piano
Ivo Kopecký - trombone
David Danel - violin and cymbal
Balázs Adorjan - cello
Miroslav Pudlák - piano
Daniel Mikolášek - drums

Estimated end 4:30 PM, no intermission
Flat fee 250 CZK • Wheelchairs 80 CZK

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CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Sunday 19th June • 18.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 

Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride - ouverture to the opera
Vítězslav Novák: Moravian-Slovak Suite, Op. 32
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 in G major for Soprano and Orchestra


 

Marie Fajtová - soprano
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra  
Conductor: Petr Altrichter

Estimated end 20.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 890.- CZK • B 590.- CZK • C 490.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 270.- CZK

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Le Sacre du Printemps / THE RITE OF SPRING

Wednesday 22nd June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Ballet performances in three parts; performed to pre-recorded music
I. Gustav Mahler - 1st Symphony D major
II. Duetts
Déja vu (Fryderyk Chopin, Niccolo Paganini, Nino Rotta)
Ruthenian and Slovakian folk ballads
Empty Title (Elvis Costello / Brodsky Quartet)
III. Igor Stravinskij - Le Sacre du Printemps


Ballet of the National Theatre in Prague
Dancers:
1st SYMPHONY: Ivanna Illyenko, Michal Štípa
Zuzana Šimáková, Alexandre Katsapov, Edita Raušerová, Karel Audy, Ivana Mikešová, Mattia Mantellato, Aya Watanabe, Jonáš Dolník, Klára Jelínková, Mathias Deneux, Jade Clayton, Petr Strnad, Magdalena Matějková, Jiří Waňka, Kristýna Němečková, Mário Bakuš
DÉJÀ VU: Edita Raušerová, Karel Audy
LYRIC: Zuzana Šimáková, Alexandre Katsapov
EMPTY TITLE: Magdalena Matějková, Michal Štípa
LA SACRE DU PRINTEMPS: Kristýna Němečková, Viktor Konvalinka,
Aya Watanabe, Tomáš Kopecký, Nicole Delacretaz, Tomáš Rychetský, Michaela Wenzelová, Mário Bakuš, Ivana Mikešová, Oleksandr Kysil, Mária Dorková, Libor Kettner, Lenka Hrabovská, Jiří Waňka, Tereza Ulrichová, Jonáš Dolník, Tereza Kučerová, Methias Deneux

Choreography and sets: Petr Zuska, Jan Dušek
Costumes: Roman Šolc, Lucie Loosová
Light design: Petr Zuska, Pavel Kremlík
Assistant choreographers: Barbora Kohoutková, Alexej Afanassiev, Alexandre Katsapov, Nelly Danko, Václav Janeček, Eva Zmeková, Veronika Iblová, Radek Vrátil, Jan Kodet

Estimated end 23.30 hrs, 2 intermissions
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK

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BOLERO - MÚSICA IBÉRICA Y LATINA

Thursday 23rd June • 19.30 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Programme composed of Spanish and Latin-American rhythms

Gerónimo Giménez: La Boda de Luis Alonso
Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo
suite from the ballet with vocal
Astor Piazzolla: "Punta del Este" Suite for string orchestra and bandoneon
Maurice Ravel: Bolero

Jana Sýkorová - mezzosoprano
Marcelo Nisinman (Argentina) - bandoneon
Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra   conductor: Roberto Montenegro (Uruguay)

Estimated end 21.30 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK

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Antonín Dvořák: STABAT MATER

Friday 24th June • 19:00 hrs • Litomyšl, 2nd Castle Courtyard 

 

Sacred cantata for soloists, chorus and orchestra, op.58



 


Csilla Boross - soprano
Jana Wallingerová - mezzosoprano
Peter Berger - tenor
Martin Gurbaľ - bass
Choir and orchestra of the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre in Brno
Choirmaster: Josef Pančík  
Conductor: Caspar Richter

Estimated end at 21.00 hrs, no intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

Giacomo Puccini: TURANDOT

Saturday 25th June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 


Opera in three acts, libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Implementation of Italian original, with Czech subtitles

new finale by Luciano Berio



Szilvia Rálik - Turandot
Michal Lehotský - Calaf
Janáček Opera of the National Theatre in Brno
Directed by: Jiří Nekvasil  
Conductor: Jakub Klecker

Estimated end 24.00 hrs, 2 intermissions
A 890.- CZK • B 590.- CZK • C 490.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 270.- CZK 

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Giacomo Puccini: TURANDOT

Sunday 26th June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 


Opera in three acts, libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
Implementation of Italian original, with Czech subtitles

new finale by Luciano Berio

 

Eva Urbanová - Turandot
Mario Zhang - Calaf
Janáček Opera of the National Theatre in Brno
Directed by: Jiří Nekvasil  
Conductor: Jakub Klecker

Estimated end 24.00 hrs, 2 intermissions
A 890.- CZK • B 590.- CZK • C 490.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 270.- CZK 

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KÜHN'S CHILDREN'S CHOIR

Tuesday 28th June • 18.00 hrs •  Smetana's House

Tribute to Czech artists

Bedřich Smetana: Three-voice songs
Zdeněk Lukáš: Four-voice children's choirs
Antonín Dvořák: Moravian Duets, op.32
Bohuslav Martinů: Three legends for female voices and violins
Bohuslav Martinů: Opening of the wells

Josef Pejchal - recitation
Jiří Hájek - baritone
Gabriela Kubátová - violin
Kühn's Children's Choir  
Choirmaster: Jiří Chvála

Estimated end 19.30 hrs, 1 intermission
A 250.- CZK • B 200.- CZK • C 150.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 80.- CZK 
50% discount for children under 15 and students

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BABI YAR

Wednesday 29th June 20.00 hrs, 2nd Castle Courtyard

Featured on the occasion of 70th anniversary of the tragedy in Babi Yar ravine near Kiev where Nazis murdered 34.000 Jews in four days

Igor Stravinskij: The Firebird - a ballet suite

Dmitrij Šostakovič: Symphony No. 13 B flat minor "Babi Yar" for baritone, male chorus and orchestra to poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko

Peter Mikuláš -bass
Gentlemen of the Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Choirmaster: Petr Fiala
Prague Symphony Orchestra FOK  
Conductor: Zdeněk Mácal

Estimated end 22.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK

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Peter Shaffer: AMADEUS

Thursday 30th June • 19.00 hrs • Smetana's House

 

W. A. Mozart and his rival Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer's drama
that became a model for the famous film by Milos Forman

 


Josef Vrána - Salieri, Ladislav Špiner - Mozart, Petra Tenorová - Konstance
East Bohemian Theatre Pardubice
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Directed by: Michael Tarant
Conductor: Marko Ivanović

Estimated end 19.30 hrs, 1 intermission
A 350.- CZK • B 250.- CZK • C 200.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 110.- CZK

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Leoš Janáček: JENUFA

Friday 1st July • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard


Opera in three acts after a drama by Gabriela Preissová, libretto by the composer. Performed in Czech, with German and English surtitles

 

 

Eva Urbanová - Kostelnička
Dana Burešová - Jenůfa
Tomáš Černý - Laca
Aleš Briscein - Števa
Opera ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague
Directed by: Jiří Nekvasil  
Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

Estimated end 24.00 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

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FROM MY LIFE…

Saturday 2nd July • 16.00 hrs • Smetana's House

Chamber concert as a tribute to Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák

Ivana Loudová: String Quartet No. 2 „In the Memory of Bedřich Smetana" Bedřich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor, "From My Life"
Jaroslav Smolka: Haze of Despondency - Fantasy on the last sketch of Bedřich Smetana
Antonín Dvořák: String Quintet in Es flat major, Op. 97


Jitka Hosprová - viola 
Wihan's Quartet

Estimated end 17.45 hrs, 1 intermission
A 250.- CZK • B 200.- CZK • C 150.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 80.- CZK 

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Gaetano Donizetti: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE

Saturday 2nd July • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 

Comic opera in two acts, libretto by Felice Romani
Performed in the Italian original, with Czech and English surtitles

 

 

Marie Fajtová - Adina 
Aleš Briscein - Nemorino
Jiří Hájek - Belcore
Jiří Sulženko - Dulcamara
Lucie Fišer Silkenová - Giannetta
Zdenek Horváth - Sluha

Opera ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague
directed by: Simone Sandroni
conductor: David Švec

Estimated end 23.45 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

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Gaetano Donizetti: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE

Sunday 3rd July • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 

Comic opera in two acts, libretto by Felice Romani
Performed in the Italian original, with Czech and English surtitles

 

 

Marie Fajtová - Adina 
Aleš Briscein - Nemorino
Jiří Hájek - Belcore
Jiří Sulženko - Dulcamara
Lucie Fišer Silkenová - Giannetta
Zdenek Horváth - Sluha

Opera ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague
Directed by: Simone Sandroni
Conductor: David Švec

Estimated end 23.45 hrs, 1 intermission
A 790.- CZK • B 490.- CZK • C 390.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 240.- CZK 

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SUMI JO

Monday 4th July • 19.30 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

 

 

Opera Arias:
Giuseppe Verdi (Rigoletto, La Traviata)
Charles Gounod (Romeo et Juliette) etc.
Reinhold Glier: Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra in F minor, Op. 82


Sumi Jo (Korea) - coloratura soprano
Prague Philharmonia  
Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd

Estimated end 21.15 hrs, 1 intermission
A 1290.- CZK • B 990.- CZK • C 790.- CZK • D Wheelchairs 390.- CZK  

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