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Schwanda the BagpiperNew production

National Theatre (Národní divadlo)Ostrovní 1, Praha 1, Prague, Central Bohemian Region, 11000, Czech Republic
Dates/times in Prague time zone
Sunday 18 June 202317:00
Saturday 24 June 202319:00
Performers
Prague National Theatre Opera
Zbyněk MüllerConductor
Vladimír MorávekDirector, Lighting Designer
Martin ChocholoušekSet Designer
Zimula Sylva HanákováCostume Designer
Prague National Theatre Orchestra
Ondřej HučínDramaturgy
Jiří BrücklerBaritoneŠvanda
Svatopluk SemBaritoneŠvanda
Alžběta PoláčkováSopranoDorotka
Jana Šrejma KačírkováSopranoDorotka
Martin ŠrejmaTenorBabinský
Jaroslav BřezinaTenorBabinský
Ester PavlůMezzo-sopranoQueen
Kateřina JalovcováMezzo-sopranoQueen
Roman JanálBaritoneMagician, Second Forester
Martin BártaBaritoneMagician, Second Forester
Jiří SulženkoBassDevil
František ZahradníčekBassDevil
Ondřej KoplíkTenorFamiliar, Captain of the Devil's Guard
Aleš VoráčekTenorFamiliar, Captain of the Devil's Guard
Vladimír DoležalTenorJudge
Dušan RůžičkaTenorJudge
Vít ŠantoraTenorExecutioner, First Forester
Václav SiberaTenorExecutioner, First Forester
Lucie MertováChoreography
Jan BubákChoirmaster / chorus director

The opera based on the widely popular tall story, which inspired Josef Kajetán Tyl to write his play The Strakonice Bagpiper, or The Feast of Wild Women, is a fairy tale from head to toe – depicting a simple story, featuring clear-cut characters, either evil or good, and, naturally, with a happy ending, all that supported by music abounding in lovely melodies, masterful fugues, as well a grandiose conclusion, “So the story ends”, with a quotation of the splendid Czech song I Dont Want Anyone. The fairy-tale opera featuring magic bagpipes and clear-cut characters would be translated into some 17 languages after its premiere in 1927 and garner acclaim all over the world, including in Vienna, London and other major European cultural centres, as well as in New York and Buenos Aires. The production is suitable for the whole family! In Czech language with German and English subtitles. The project is part of the Musica non grata series.

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