Sylvie Bodorová: Quo Vadis (world premiere)

11 June 2022, 7pm, New Stage, J. K. Tyl Theatre, Pilsen Sylvie Bodorová: Quo Vadis (world premiere) Directed by: Martin Otava, music director: Jiří Petrdlík Libretto: Sylvie Bodorová, Martin Otava Cast: Philippe Castagner (Nero), Ivana Veberová (Poppaea), Jana Foff Tetourová / Jana Piorecká (Agrippina), Michal Bragagnolo / Tomáš Kořínek (Marcus Vinicius), Vanda Šípová / Eva … Read more

Miroslav Kubička: Jakub Jan Ryba (world premiere)

On October 14, J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň presented with great success a world premiere of Jakub Jan Ryba, first and as yet last opera by composer Miroslav Kubička (*1951). The piece is based on Josef Bouček’s successful 80s play The Shepherds’ Night about the cruel fate of the composer and schoolmaster who is today known often only as the … Read more

Jiří Teml: Puss in Boots (premiere of a new version)

J. K. Tyl Theatre in Pilsen staged a new production of Jiří Teml’s opera Kocour v botách (Puss in Boots). This children’s opera, composed in 2008/9 to a libretto by Jan Tůma and Eliška Hrubá-Toperczerová, consists of 6 scenes and received its premiere in 2009 at the Smetana’s Litomyšl music festival by the Czech Philharmonic Children’s Choir. This year, on 20 February … Read more