Bonifantes Boys’ Choir: new works by Jan Jirásek and Jan Vičar

27 March 2019, Suk Hall, House of Music, Pardubice When the Boys Feel Like Singing Jan Jirásek: Song of David (world premiere) Jan Vičar: Tempus Iuvenis (world premiere) Kristýna Kůstková, Veronika Kaiserová, Josef Kovačič – solos, Bonifantes Boys’ Choir, Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice, cond. Jan Míšek

Carnegie Hall: the American premiere of ‘Juliette’

22 March 2019, Carnegie Hall, New York Bohuslav Martinů: Juliette (The Key to Dreams) – American premiere, concert performance American Symphony Orchestra, Bard Festival Chorale (director: James Bagwell), cond. Leon Botstein Cast: Sara Jakubiak (Juliette), Aaron Blake (Michel) and others

Martina Vídenová: Requiem à Floresta Portuguesa (premiere)

10 2019, Teatro Sá de Miranda, Viana do Castelo, Portugalsko Martina Vídenová: Requiem à Floresta Portuguesa (Requiem for Portoguese Forests) for choir and orchestra – world premiere members of Coro Casa da Música and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, cond. David Wyn Lloyd

Umělecká beseda: new pieces by Terezie Švarcová and Marta Jiráčková

12 March 2019, St. Lawrence church, Prague 632. Tuesday of Umělecká beseda Terezie Švarcová: War das die Liebe? for flute and soprano (world premiere) Marta Jiráčková: The impossibility of Strawberries, op. 69 (world premiere) Morgenstern Ensemble (Terezie Švarcová – soprano, Jana Jarkovská – flute, Marie Wiesnerová – piano)

British staged premiere of Smetana’s ‘Libuše’

18 March 2019, Bloomsbury Theatre, London Bedřich Smetana: Libuše (British staged premiere) Directed by: Cecilia Stinton, music director: Charles Peebles Cast: Kirstin Sharpin (Libuše), Robert Davies (Přemysl), John Mackenzie (Lutobor), Eve Daniell (Krasava) and members of the student opera company University College Opera Language: Czech Following performancesí: 20, 22 and 23 Mar 2019

Glasgow: Kátya Kabanová

12 March 2019, Scottish Opera, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, Scotland Leoš Janáček: Kátya Kabanová (premiere of a new production in co-production with Theater Magdeburg) Directed by: Stephen Lawless, music director: Stuart Stratford Cast: Laura Wilde (Kátya), Patricia Bardon (Kabanicha), Ric Furman (Boris), Samuel Sakker (Tikhon), Paul Whelan (Dikoy), Hanna Hipp (Varvara) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 14 and 16 Mar (Theatre … Read more

Cologne. Rusalka

10 March 2019, Oper Köln, Cologne, Germany Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Nadja Loschky, music diector: Christoph Gedschold Cast: Olesya Golovneva / Olena Tokar (Rusalka), Mirko Roschkowski / Jeongki Cho / Dmytro Popov (Prince), Adriana Bastidas-Gamboa (Foreign Princess), Samuel Youn (Water Goblin), Dalia Schaechter (Witch) and others Following performances: 13, 16, 22, 24, 28 and … Read more

Dresden: The Bartered Bride

8 March2019, Semperoper Dresden, Dresden, Germany Bedřich Smetana: The Bartered Bride (premiere) Directed by: Mariame Clément, music director: Tomáš Netopil Cast: Hrachuhí Bassénz (Marie), Pavol Breslik / Richard Samek (Hans), Tijl Faveyts / Martin Winkler (Kezal), Benjamin Bruns (Wentel) and others Language: German Following performances: 13, 16, 22 and 25 Mar, 25 and 28 Apr, 2 May 2019

Bolshoi Theatre: Rusalka

6 March 2019, Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, Russia Antonín Dvořák: Rusalka (premiere) Directed by: Timofej Kuljabin, music director: Ainars Rubikis Cast: Dinara Alieva / Ekaterina Morozova (Rusalka), Oleg Dolgov / Segey Radchenko (Prince), Maria Lobanova / Elena Popovskaya (Foreign Princess), Denis Makarov / Miklós Sebestyén (Water Goblin), Irina Dolzhenko / Elena Manistina (Witch) and others Language: Czech Following performances: 7, … Read more