17 April 2019, The New Stage, National Theatre, Prague Petr Wajsar: Tramvestie (world premiere) Libretto: Pavel Novotný Directed by: Marek Bureš, music director: Richard Hein Soloists: Jana Horáková Levicová, Lenka Šmídová, Dušan Růžička, Jiří Sulženko Following performances: 22 Apr, 7 and 20 May, 23 Jun 2019
13 November 2018, Jatka 78, Prague Celebration concert for the 100th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic, part II Michal Nejtek: Die Schattenjahre, Three Paralel Songs for soprano and orchestra (world premiere commissioned by the National Theatre Opera) Marta Reichelová – soprano, National Theatre Orchestra, cond. Ondrej Olos
On 7 April, the New Scene of the National Theatre in Prague presented the long-awaited premiere of the opera adaptation of Ivan Klíma’s mystery novel The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch. Its author, primarily a scenic music composer and musical autodidact Ivan Acher (*1976) had already written music for the book’s theatre adaptation at Divadlo Komedie eleven years ago; … Read more
On 14 December, the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague premiered the second opera by composer, and this time also a librettist Miloš Orson Štědroň (*1973). Subtitled “Poetic Images from the Life of Bohumil Hrabal”, Don Hrabal reveals, in nine images, the personality and attitudes of this famous Czech authorr, as well as the background of his relationship … Read more
Premiered this spring at the National Theatre in Prague, Jiří Kadeřábek’s opera No Man moved over to Bremen, Germany, native town of the production’s directress Katharina Schmitt. Here, it was performed twice, on November 7 and 8 as a special part of the festival of contemporary German literature Festival für grenzüberschreitende Literatur. No Man tells the tragic life story of … Read more
On March 31, the New Stage of the National Theatre in Prague introduced the long-awaited premiere of No Man, opera by composer Jiří Kadeřábek (*1978). It was watched by a sold-out stage where the spectators were seated; the auditorium, this time, was the place of action. The tragic life story of sculptor Otakar Švec who, against … Read more
