14 and 15 November 2018, Prague Crossroads, Prague Opera Studio Prague Lukáš Sommer: Mudeltime. Opera comics from the nation’s history (world premiere) Directed by: Vojtěch Svoboda, music director: Sébastien Bagnoud Cast: Tereza Hořejšová, Anita Jirovská, Pavla Mlčáková, Lucie Prokopová, Eliška Sedláčková (singing), Jonatán Vnouček, Šimon Pliska (pantomime)
28 June 2018, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava NODO Rudolf Komorous: The Mute Canary (world premiere) Directed by: Jan Horák, Michal Pěchouček, music director: Owen Underhill Cast: Anne Grimm, Alexander Dobson, Daniel Cabena Ostravská banda
28 April 2018, Bohemian National Hall, New York, USA Czech American Inspiration Petr Kotík: Master-Pieces (2014-15) – New York premiere directed by: Jiří Nekvasil, David Bazika, music director: Petr Kotík S.E.M. Ensemble (Christina Kay – soprano, Steven Wilson – tenor, Jose Pietri-Coimbre – baritone, Nicholas Hay – bass, Pauline Kim Harris – violin, Liuh-Wen Ting – viola, Amanda Gookin – violoncello, Jeffrey Reinhardt – … Read more
On November 17 in the Mozart Hall of Reduta, Brno, Ensemble Opera Diversa introduced the first opera by Vienna-based composer and musicologist Lenka Nota I Am the Princess of Fools. It tells the story of Božena Němcová as written into the libretto by a famous Czech documentary director Olga Sommerová. “Božena is a friend of all Czech women … Read more
Opera povera ensemble introduced a second part of their experimental project Echo – Metamorphoses, subtitled “All that connects sound and space can become an opera.” It was created by Rocc (*1979), Slovenian opera director and opera povera’s art director, and composer and musicologist Vít Zouhar (*1966). “Content-wise, we tried to return to the original inspiration of the very first … Read more
One of the most eagerly anticipated events of this year’s Ostrava Days was undoubtedly the first Czech performance of Miroslav Srnka’s chamber opera Make No Noise. Written for five voices, thirteen instruments and electronics, the work was commissioned by the Bavarian State Opera and last time performed in August 2016 at the Austrian festival Bregenzer Festspiele. The libretto by … Read more
