Smetana’s Litomyšl
National festival | 10. 6. - 6. 7. 2021
10th June - 6th July 2021
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May 17 2021
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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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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.

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

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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Thursday 14 June • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
Bedřich Smetana:
Wallenstein's Camp, op. 14, symphonic poem
Claude Debussy:
La Mer (The Sea), L. 109, three symphonic sketches
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor for piano and orchestra, op. 23
Fazil Say piano Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Jakub Hrůša
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at 10.00 pm, 1 intermission
Friday 15 June • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Bedřich Smetana:
Wallenstein's Camp, op. 14, symphonic poem
Claude Debussy:
La Mer (The Sea), L. 109, three symphonic sketches
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor for piano and orchestra, op. 23
Fazil Say piano Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conductorJakub Hrůša
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at 10.00 pm, 1 intermission
Saturday 16 June • 17.00 hrs • Fabrika Cultural Centre, Svitavy

Recital by a world-class pianist
Modest Petrovič Musorgskij: Pictures from an exhibition
Johann Sebastian Bach/Ferruccio Busoni: Chaconne in d minor from Partita BWV 1004
Bedřich Smetana: Fairy Tale from cycle Bagatelles and Impromptus No. 6
Desire from cycle Six character pieces No. 4
Souvenir of Pilsen, polka
Fazil Say: Black Earth, op. 8
Fazil Say - piano
250 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK
Expected end at 6.30 pm, 1 intermission
Saturday 16 June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Comic opera in three acts to the libretto by Karel Sabina
Mařenka Linda Ballová j.h.Jeník Aleš Briscein j.h
Kecal Jiří Přibyl Vašek Ondřej Koplík
Krušina Vladislav Zápražný Ludmila Magda Málková
Mícha Vladimír Třebický Háta Václava Krejčí Housková
Principál Ondřej Doležal Esmeralda Elena Gazdíková
Indián Jan Vaculík
Orchestra, chorus and ballet of the Moravian Theatre Olomouc
director Michael Tarant conductor Petr Šumník
stage design Dana Hávová-Zábrodská costumes Klára Vágnerová
choreography Robert Balogh choirmaster Lubomíra Hellová
Performed in Czech original with English subtitles
Expected end at midnight, 2 intermissions
A 790 Kč • B 490 Kč • C 390 Kč • D (wheelchairs) 270 Kč • reduction 50% for young
Sunday 17 June, 19.30 hrs, 2nd Castle Courtyard
This gala concert by a world-renowned tenor will feature most
famous arias, duets and choruses from operas, as well as several
popular evergreens, Sicilian and Neapolitan songs.
Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino (Ouverture)
Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller (Rodolfo's aria from the 2nd Act)
„Quando le sere al placido"
Francesco Cilea: L'Arlesiana (Federico's lament from the 2nd Act)
„E la solita storia del pastore"
Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana Choir and Santuzza
„Regina coeli laetare... Inneggiamo, Il Signor non e morto"
Santuzza and Turiddu's duet
„Tu qui, Santuzza"
Turiddu's Aria
„Mamma, Quel vino e generoso"
Georges Bizet: Carmen's Habanera from the 1st Act
„L'amour est un oiseau rebelle..."
Don José's aria from the 2nd Act
„La fleur que tu m'avais jetee"
Finale of the opera
„C'est toi! C'est moi!"
Steven Mercurio: Mercurial Overture
Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita
„Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone"
Mario Pasquale Costa: Era de Maggio
„Era de maggio e te cadeano ‘nzino"
Ernesto de Curtis: Ti voglio tanto bene
„Dimmi, che l'amor tuo non muore"
Gioacchino Rossini: Guillaume Tell (Ouverture)
Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Mal d'amore
„Ho una ferita in core"
Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from the 3rd Act
„Va Pensiero"
Gaetano Emanuel Cali: E vui durmiti ancora
„Lu suli e gia spuntatu di lu mari"
Salvatore Cardillo: Core 'Ngrato
„Catari, Catari"
Marcello Giordani tenor Marianna Kulikova mezzosoprano
Pražský filharmonický sbor choirmaster Lukáš Vasilek
Symfonický orchestr hl. m. Prahy FOK conductor Steven Mercurio
Expected end at 9.30 pm, 1 intermission
A 1290 CZK • B 990 CZK • C 790 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 450 CZK

director Eliška Hrubá Toperczerová conductor Jiří Chvála
stage design Jana Špalová
Tuesday 19 June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
Violin virtuoso's project to the Baroque theme.
The programme will include:
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio sonata, Op. 5, No. 12 "La Follia"
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin and orchestra in E flat major, Op. 8, No. 5
„La Tempesta del Mare", RV 253
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto grosso in d major, op. 12 "La Follia" afterCorelli's op. 5, č. 12
Marin Marais - The Bells of St. Geneviève for volin, viola da gamba and harpsichord
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Alcesta, suite from the opera
Jean-Marie Leclair - Concerto for violin and orchestra in a minor No. 5, Op. 7
Pietro Locatelli - Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 3, No. 12
„Il laberinto armonico"
Pavel Šporcl violin
The Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
Peter Zajíček concertmaster
Expected end at 10.30 pm, no intermission
A 790 CZK • B 490 CZK • C 390 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
Wednesday 20. June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
Violin virtuoso's project to the Baroque theme.
The programme will include:
Arcangelo Corelli - Trio sonata, Op. 5, No. 12 "La Follia"
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto for violin and orchestra in E flat major, Op. 8, No. 5
„La Tempesta del Mare", RV 253
Francesco Geminiani - Concerto grosso in d major, op. 12 "La Follia" afterCorelli's op. 5, č. 12
Marin Marais - The Bells of St. Geneviève for volin, viola da gamba and harpsichord
Jean-Baptiste Lully - Alcesta, suite from the opera
Jean-Marie Leclair - Concerto for violin and orchestra in a minor No. 5, Op. 7
Pietro Locatelli - Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, Op. 3, No. 12
„Il laberinto armonico"
Pavel Šporcl violin
The Czech Ensemble Baroque Orchestra
Peter Zajíček concertmaster
Expected end at 10.30 pm, no intermission
A 790 CZK• B 490 CZK• C 390 CZK• D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
Thursday 21 June • 19.00 hrs•2nd Castle Courtyard

Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living from the opera The Tender Land
Xi Wang: Fall at Barnard Cottage, Czech première
of a piece composed to mark the 40th anniversary
of the ensemble
Antonín Dvořák: Carnival, Ouverture Op. 92
Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra conductor Richard Giangiulio
A 690 CZK • B 390 CZK • C 290 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 230 CZK
50% discount for children under 15 and students
Expected end at 8.30 pm,1 intermission
Friday 22 June, 21.00 hrs, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Festival première of the magnum opus of verismo in opera.
Opera in four acts, libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica
Performed in Italian with Czech and English subtitles
Mimi Pavla Vykopalová
Rodolfo Peter Berger
Musetta Jana Sibera
Marcello Svatopluk Sem
Schaunard Jiří Hájek Colline Miloš Horák
Benoit Jurij Kruglov Alcindoro Lubomír Havlák
Parpignol Jiří Hruška
Kühnův dětský sbor chorimaster Jiří Chvála
Orchestr, sbor a balet Státní opery
director Ondřej Havelka conductor Ondrej Lenárd
stage desing Martin Černý costumes Jana Zbořilová
choreography Jana Hanušová choirmaster Tvrtko Karlović , Adolf Melichar
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at midnight, 1 intermission
Saturday 23 June • 16.00 hrs • Chapter Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross, Litomyšl
Organist Jaromír Tůma and his guests interpret the music by J. S. Bach and composers inspired by him and his work.
J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in C major for organ, BWV
Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Sonata apassionata for flute in F sharp minor, Op. 140
Ferenc Liszt: Prelude and Fugue on the Theme B-A-C-H for organ
Kuzuo Fukushima: Mei - meditaion for flute
Miloš Sokola: Passacaglia quasi toccata B-A-C-H for organ
Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata in B minor for flute and cembalo, BWV 1030
Jaroslav Tůma: Organ Improvisation to the theme of Johann Sebastian Bach
given by the audience
Yoshimi Oshima - flute, Jaroslav Tůma - organ
250 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK
Expected end at 5.15 pm, no intermission
Saturday 23 June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

In this traditional cycle of "overlapping" concerts we are now presenting a recital by Jaromír Nohavica - a songwriter, lyricist, translator and librettist. A guest of the evening will be Nohavica's friend Robert Kuśmierski - an accordionist and pianist from Warsaw
Jaromír Nohavica - vocal, guitar, harmonica
Robert Kuśmierski - accordion, piano
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at 11.00 pm, no intermission
Sunday 24 June • 18.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
The most popular songs and orchestra pieces from theatre performances, revues and films by Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich and Jaroslav Ježek
Music: Jaroslav Ježek
Lyrics of songs and forbins: Jiří Voskovec a Jan Werich
Echoes of the Music Hall / arr. Roman Pallas
Záleží na nás (Panikáři) / arr. Mirko Krebs
Šaty dělaj člověka / arr. Mirko Krebs
O Španělsku si zpívám / arr. Mirko Krebs
Jarní vítr / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Buďte blahořečený / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Holduj tanci pohybu / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Římské lázně / arr. Vladimír Popelka
V domě straší duch / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Happy go Lucky (Bezstarostně) / arr. Roman Pallas
David a Goliáš / arr. Roman Pallas
Svítá / arr. Roman Pallas
Nikdo nic nikdy nemá / arr. Roman Pallas
Na shledanou v lepších časech / arr. Roman Pallas
Bugatti step / arr. Jiří Hudec
Tragédie vodníkova / arr. Mirko Krebs
Co na světě mám rád / arr. Mirko Krebs
Život je jen náhoda / arr. Mirko Krebs
Full Moon's Music (Hudba k úplňku) / arr. Martin Kumžák
Tmavomodrý svět / arr. Martin Kumžák
Civilizace / arr. Martin Kumžák
Klobouk ve křoví / arr. Martin Kumžák
Vousatý svět (jeden krok dopředu) / arr. Martin Kumžák
Tři strážníci / arr. Mirko Krebs
Když jsem kytici vázala / arr. Mirko Krebs
Babička Mary / arr. Mirko Krebs
Nebe na zemi / arr. Mirko Krebs
Vocal soloists:
Taťána Roskovcová Dagmar Zázvůrková
Petr Macháček Petr Píša Michal Stejskal
DASHA special guest of the evening
Zatrestband Třešť Swing Orchestra
Daniel Kyznlink piano
ReBelcanto Pardubice artistic leader Petr Hostinský
The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Marko Ivanović conductor
Collaboration on the script and dramaturgical adaptation: Miloslav Kučera
A 790 CZK • B 490 CZK • C 390 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
Expected end at 8.00 pm, 1 intermission
Monday 25. June • 19:30 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
The most popular songs and orchestra pieces from theatre performances, revues and films by Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich and Jaroslav Ježek
Music: Jaroslav Ježek
Lyrics of songs and forbins: Jiří Voskovec a Jan Werich
Echoes of the Music Hall / arr. Roman Pallas
Záleží na nás (Panikáři) / arr. Mirko Krebs
Šaty dělaj člověka / arr. Mirko Krebs
O Španělsku si zpívám / arr. Mirko Krebs
Jarní vítr / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Buďte blahořečený / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Holduj tanci pohybu / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Římské lázně / arr. Vladimír Popelka
V domě straší duch / arr. Vladimír Popelka
Happy go Lucky (Bezstarostně) / arr. Roman Pallas
David a Goliáš / arr. Roman Pallas
Svítá / arr. Roman Pallas
Nikdo nic nikdy nemá / arr. Roman Pallas
Na shledanou v lepších časech / arr. Roman Pallas
Bugatti step / arr. Jiří Hudec
Tragédie vodníkova / arr. Mirko Krebs
Co na světě mám rád / arr. Mirko Krebs
Život je jen náhoda / arr. Mirko Krebs
Full Moon's Music (Hudba k úplňku) / arr. Martin Kumžák
Tmavomodrý svět / arr. Martin Kumžák
Civilizace / arr. Martin Kumžák
Klobouk ve křoví / arr. Martin Kumžák
Vousatý svět (jeden krok dopředu) / arr. Martin Kumžák
Tři strážníci / arr. Mirko Krebs
Když jsem kytici vázala / arr. Mirko Krebs
Babička Mary / arr. Mirko Krebs
Nebe na zemi / arr. Mirko Krebs
Vocal soloists:
Taťána Roskovcová Dagmar Zázvůrková
Petr Macháček Petr Píša Michal Stejskal
DASHA special guest of the evening
Zatrestband Třešť Swing Orchestra
Daniel Kyznlink piano
ReBelcanto Pardubice artistic leader Petr Hostinský
The Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice
Marko Ivanović conductor
Collaboration on the script and dramaturgical adaptation: Miloslav Kučera
A 790 CZK B 490 CZK C 390 CZK D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
Expected end at 8.00 pm, 1 intermission
Tuesday 26 June • 19.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
Concert of a renowned Japanese youth wind orchestra from Yokohama
Masaru Kawasaki: Czech premiere of Prayer Music No.1 - Dirge for Orchestra, dedicated to victims of tragedy in Hiroshima
Masaru Kawasaki: Romance for Solo Trumpet and Symphonic Band
Julius Ernst Fučík: Entry Of The Gladiators
Bedřich Smetana: Vltava (Moldau), symphonic poem from the cycle "My country"
Bin Kaneda: Wakakusa, march
Toshio Mashima: Song of a Great Tree for Marimba and Symphonic Band
Hiroshi Hoshina: Rebirth
Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus, ouverture
Alfred Reed: Armenian Dances
Miroslav Kejmar - trumpet, Kanagawa University Symphonic Band
Guest Conductor - Hiroshi Hoshina
Conductor - Toshiro Ozawa
A 590 CZK • B 290 CZK • C 190 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK •
50% discount for children under 15 and students
Expected end at 9.00 pm, 1 intermission
Wednesday 27 June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Gala evening featuring the best choreography from the ballet ensemble repertoire.
Pre-recorded music
Fryderyk Chopin / Michail M. Fokin:
Les Sylphides
The reconstruction of the original Fokin's choreography with F. Chopin's music is a jewel of classic repertoire
- choreography: Michail M. Fokin
- artistic collaboration: Josef Jelínek
Bedřich Smetana/Gustav Skála:
Fan
- choreography: Gustav Skála
- costumes: Gustav Skála
Antonín Dvořák / Kateřina Dedková-Franková:
Czech suite
Podobně jako Dvořákova hudba je i nápaditá choreografie jemnou stylizací lidového repertoáru a folklóru
- choreography: Kateřina Dedková-Franková
- costumes: Josef Jelínek
Pre-recorded music
Bohemia balet
Jaroslav Slavický umělecký ředitel
A 790 CZK • B 490 CZK • C 390 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
Expected end at 11.00 pm, 2 intermissions
Thursday 28 June • 19.30 hrs • Smetana's House
Otomar Kvěch: Storm and Calm,
melodrama to the lyrics by Ema Destinn, premiére of the orchestral version
Jiří Pauer: Swan Song,
for baritone and chamber orchestra to the lyrics by A. P. Chekhov
Sylvie Bodorová: Kafka's Dreams,
melodrama to the Czech and German texts by Franz Kafka
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major KV 385 „Haffner"
Soňa Červená - recitation, Ivan Kusnjer - baritone, Ladislav Horák - acordeon
Prague Philharmonia, conductor Marek Štilec
A 350 CZK • B 250 CZK • C 150 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK
Expected end at 9.30 pm, 1 intermission
Friday 29 June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
Opera in four acts; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Performance in french original, czech subtitles
Carmen Jana Sýkorová Don José Luciano Mastro
Escamillo Jakub Kettner Michaela Agnieszka Bochenek- Osiecka
Fransquita Marianna Pillárová Mercedes Erika Šporerová
Remendado Ondřej Koplík Dancairo Michal Křístek
Morales Jaroslav Kosec Zuniga Václav Živný
Soubor opery Národního divadla Moravskoslezského Ostrava
director Marián Chudovský conductor Robert Jindra
stage design Jozef Ciller costumes Simona Vachálková
choirmaster Jurij Galatenko
Premiere: 27. 2. 2010
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at midnight, 1 intermission
Saturday 30 June • 17.00 hrs • Dean Church of St. Wenceslas, Lanškroun

Antonio Vivaldi:
Le quattro stagioni / Four Seasons
cycle of concerts for violin and orchestra accompanied by the author's own sonnets
Ivan Ženatý violin Otakar Brousek recitation
Barocco sempre giovane atistic leader Josef Krečmer
250 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK
Expected end at 6.15 pm, no intermission
Saturday 30 June • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Opera in four acts; libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Performance in french original, czech subtitles
CarmenZuzana Šveda Don José Tomáš Černý
Escamillo Jakub KettnerMichaela Eva Dřízgová-Jirušová
Frasquita Marianna Pillárová Mercedes Erika Šporerová
Remendado Ondřej Koplík Dancairo Michal Křístek
Morales Jaroslav Kosec Zuniga Václav Živný
Soubor opery Národního divadla Moravskoslezského Ostrava
director Marián Chudovský conductor Robert Jindra
stage design Jozef Ciller costumes Simona Vachálková
choirmaster Jurij Galatenko
Premiere: 27. 2. 2010
A 890 CZK B 590 CZK C 490 CZK D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at midnight, 1 intermission
Sunday 1. July • 10.15 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Famous Mass by Antonín Dvořák will be performed in the original organ version
on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of its premiére as an accompaniment
to a traditional service
Celebrant - Mons. Tomáš Halík
Organ - Martin Jakubíček
Český filharmonický sbor Brno Conductor - Petr Fiala
Admission free
Expected end at 12.00 am, no intermission
Sunday 1 July • 18.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard
Joseph Haydn:
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Hob. I:VII "Le midi"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat for horn and orchestra, KV 495
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 "Fate"
Orchestra Czech Sinfonietta
Horn, artistic leader and conductor - Radek Baborák
A 790 CZK • B 490 CZK • C 390 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
Expected end at 8.00 pm, 1 intermission
Sunday 1 July • 21.30 hrs • Chapter Church of te Raising of the Holy Cross
Arias and songs by Baroque masters:
Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerto grosso G dur, op. 3, č. 3, HWV 314
Aria for soprano, two violins and basso continuo „Gloria in Excelsis Deo", HWV 245
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria No. 3 from Magnificat in D major, BWV 243 „Quia respexit..."
Johann Sebastian Bach: Hudební květina, BWV 1079
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria No. 9 from the cantata Was mir behagt, ist nur die
muntre Jagd, BWV 208 „Schaffe können sicher weiden..."
Antonio Vivaldi: Psalm Laudate Pueri, RV 600 „Gloria..."
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in C major for two flutes and orchestra, RV 533
Johann Sebastian Bach: Aria No. 1 from the cantata Süßer Trost, mein Jesus kömmt,
BWV 151 „Süßer Trost..."
Tarquinio Merula: Canzonetta spirituale sopra alla nanna „Hor ch´è tempo di dormire..."
Georg Friedrich Händel: Aria No. 61 from the oratorio Joshua, HWV 64 „Oh, had I Jubal's Lyre..."
Simona Šaturová - soprano
Collegium Marianum, artistic leader Jana Semerádová
250 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 100 CZK
Expected end at 10.45 pm, no intermission
Wednesday 4 July • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

World première of orchestra songs by composer
Sylvia Bodorová dedicated to one of the prominent contemporary baritones.
Thomas Hampson baritone
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Asistent conductor Marek Štilec
conductor Christopher Zimmerman
The Concert wil be recorded by Czech Radio and Czech TV
A 1290 CZK • B 990 CZK • C 790 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 450 CZK
Expected end at 10.00 pm, 1 intermission
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Wednesday 4 • July 21.00 hrs • Gardens and Granary, Chateau Nové Hrady by Litomyšl ADDED SHOW!
dancers: Czech Boys' Choir Boni Pueri choirmasters Pavel Horák Marek Štryncl |
Thursday 5 July • 21.00 hrs • Gardens and Granary, Chateau Nové Hrady by Litomyšl

Evening programme in the Nové Hrady rococo chatelet with an opera performance to the libretto based on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. The production was staged for the unique local Baroque open-air theatre.
Titanie Lenka Máčiková Oberon Jiří Sulženko
Víla Anna Hlavenková Elf / Foibos / Mopsa Jaroslav Březina
Klubko Jan Šťáva
dancers:
Puk Jonáš Janků Hermie Lenka Bartůňková
Helena Helena Šťávová Lysandr Radim Klásek
Demetrius Zdeněk Stěhule
Czech Boys' Choir Boni Pueri choirmasters Pavel Horák Marek Štryncl
Ensemble of historical instruments Le Chamarré Château Ensemble
director Magdalena Švecová conductor, cembalo David Švec
stage design and costumes Radka Mizerová
choreography Tereza Indráková
choirmasterPavek Horák The show will take place even in case of bad weather
Performed in the English original
More information: http://www.baroknidivadlo.cz/
1500 CZK, D (wheelchairs) 500 CZK The ticket price includes entry, refreshments and transport from Litomyšl and back.
Expected end at midnight, no intermission
Friday 6 July • 20.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

A new production of the opera in three acts that has been very well received
by the audience and critique alike, libretto by Marie Červinková-Riegrová
Performed in Czech with Czech and English surtitles
Bohuš z Harasova Roman Janál Julie Maria Kobielska
Jiří Aleš Voráček Terinka Alžběta Poláčková
Benda Vladimír Doležal Hrabě Vilém z Harasova Miloslav Podskalský
Adolf z Harasova Jiří Hájek Filip Luděk Vele
Lotinka Lenka Šmídová
Opera Ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague
Ballet of the Opera Ensemble of the National Theatre
Kühn's Children choir
director Jiří Heřman conductor Tomáš Netopil
stage design Pavel Svoboda costumes Alexandra Grusková
choreography Lucie Holánková choirmaster Pavel Vaněk
lighting design Daniel Tesař
A 790 CZK • B 490 CZK • C 390 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 270 CZK
50% discount for children under 15 and students
Expected end at midnight, no intermission
Friday 6 July • 21.00 hrs • Gardens and Granary, Chateau Nové Hrady by Litomyšl
Evening programme in the Nové Hrady rococo chatelet with an opera performance to the libretto based on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. The production was staged for the unique local Baroque open-air theatre.
Titanie Lenka Máčiková Oberon Jiří Sulženko
Víla Anna Hlavenková Elf / Foibos / Mopsa Jaroslav Březina
Klubko Jan Šťáva
dancers:
Puk Jonáš Janků Hermie Lenka Bartůňková
Helena Helena Šťávová Lysandr Radim Klásek
Demetrius Zdeněk Stěhule
Czech Boys' Choir Boni Pueri choirmasters Pavel Horák Marek Štryncl
Ensemble of historical instruments Le Chamarré Château Ensemble
director Magdalena Švecová conductor, cembalo David Švec
stage design and costumes Radka Mizerová
choreography Tereza Indráková
choirmasterPavek Horák The show will take place even in case of bad weather
Performed in the English original
More information: http://www.baroknidivadlo.cz/
1500 CZK, D (wheelchairs) 500 CZK The ticket price includes entry, refreshments and transport from Litomyšl and back.
Expected end at midnight, no intermission
Saturday 7 July • 21.00 hrs • 2nd Castle Courtyard

Marie Fajtová in the leading role of the opera in three acts set to a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas jr.
Performed in Italian with Czech and English surtitles
Violetta Valéry Marie Fajtová Alfréd Germont Tomáš Juhás
Giorgio Germont Roman Janál Flora Bervoix Jitka Soběhartová
Annina Stanislava Jirků Gaston Václav Lemberk
BaronDouphal Aleš Hendrych Doktor Grenville Oleg Korotkov
Markýzd'Aubigny František Zahradníček
Opera Ensemble of the National Theatre in Prague
Orchestra of the National Theatre in Prague
Ballet of the Opera Ensemble of the National Theatre
director Jana Kališová conductor Ondrej Lenárd
stage design Miloň Kališ costumes Jan Růžička
choreography Jaroslava Leufenová chorimaster Pavek Vaněk
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at midnight, 2 intermissions
Saturday 7 July • 21.00 hrs
Gardens and Granary, Chateau Nové Hrady by Litomyšl
Evening programme in the Nové Hrady rococo chatelet with an opera performance to the libretto based on Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. The production was staged for the unique local Baroque open-air theatre.
Lenka Máčiková, Anna Hlavenková
Jiří Sulženko, Jaroslav Březina, Jan Šťáva
Czech Boys‘ Choir Boni Pueri, Choirmasters - Pavel Horák, Marek Štryncl
Ensemble of historical instruments Le Chamarré Château Ensemble
Director - Marie Švecová, conductor - David Švec
1500 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 500 CZK
The ticket price includes entry, refreshments and transport from Litomyšl and back.
Sunday 8 July, 18.00 hrs, 2nd Castle Courtyard
Farewell to the 54thSmetana's Litomyšl 2012 will be a great solo show
for the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Libor Pešek that will feature a selection of the most popular melodies of classical music. The festival finale will be dedicated to is an excellent performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Festive Overture, traditionally accompanied by synchronized gunfire
Edward Elgar: March No. 1 in D major from cycle Pomp and circumstance
military marches, Op. 39
Edvard Grieg: Solveig's Song (Act III), In the Hall of the Mountain King (Act II)
from Peer Gynt, incidental music to Henrik Ibsen's play
Josef Suk: Song of Love form cycle Six piano pieces, Op. 7, No. 1 (orchestration: Václav Smetáček)
Vilém Blodek: Moonrise, intermezzo from the opera In the Well
Albert William Ketélbey: In a Persian market, intermezzo
Zdeněk Fibich: Poem from idyll At Twilight, Op. 39
Aram Chačaturjan: The Sabre Dance from the ballet Gayane
Aaron Copland: Hoe-Down from the ballet Rodeo
Leonard Bernstein: Candide, Ouverture
Antonín Dvořák: Humoreska in G flat major, Op. 101, No. 7 (orchestration: Václav Smetáček)
Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra
NIkolaj Rimskij-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Bedřich Smetana: Skočná from the opera The Bartered Bride
Petr iljič Čajkovskij: The Year 1812, Festive Ouverture Op. 49
Society of Artillery Fans in Jihlava
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra conductor Libor Pešek
Members of the Central Band of the Armed Force of the Czech Republic
band commander pplk. Jaroslav Šíp
The concert is broadcast live by Czech Radio
A 890 CZK • B 590 CZK • C 490 CZK • D (wheelchairs) 300 CZK
Expected end at 8.00 pm, 1 intermission