58. SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 - WEEKEND PACKAGES!

SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL - VÍKENDOVÉ BALÍČKY
One ticket will provide you with three wonderful festival's evenings, with the priority of the tickets purchase, and always on the same place in the auditorium. In addition, with a considerable discount!
WEEKEND PACKAGES!
Do not miss this special opportunity! Sale of weekend packages runs from Wednesday, February 24th 2016 (10:00) to Tuesday, March 1st only!
Enjoy the festival atmosphere throughout all the weekend!
Smetana's Litomyšl weekend packages can also be purchased online directly on ticketportal.cz and immediately printed - HOMEtickets!!

Weekend packages can be found for purchase on Wednesday, February 24th, 2016 starting at 10:00 at the following link:
https://www.ticketportal.cz/nevent.aspx?id=70

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WEEKEND PACKAGE No. 1 / 10.6.-12.6.2016

Giuseppe Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
Friday, June 10th, 21.00, Castle CourtyardSMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZ
An opera in three acts
Libretto based on La dame aux camélias by Alexandre Dumas jr. Francesco Maria Piave
Director Jana Kališová
Performed in Italian with Czech and English surtitles

Violetta Valéry Simona Houda Šaturová
Alfredo Germont Aleš Briscein
Giorgio Germont Roman Janál
Flora Simona Procházková
Anna Yvona Škvárová
Gaston Václav Lemberk
Baron František Zahradníček
Marquis Zdeněk Plech
Doctor Oleg Korotkov
Orchestra, Opera and Ballet of the National Theatre (Prague)
Conductor Jaroslav Kyzlink

SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL VÍKENDOVÉ BALÍČKY
Antonín Dvořák: THE DEVIL AND KATE
Saturday, June 11th, 17.00, Castle Courtyard
Opera in three acts
The libretto based on a folk story Adolf Wenig
Sets and costumes Adolf Born
Director Marián Chudovský
Performed in Czech with English surtitles
Kate Kateřina Jalovcová
Jirka the shepherd Jaroslav Březina
Marbuel, a devil František Zahradníček
Princess Jitka Svobodová
Lucifer Zdeněk Plech
Orchestra, Opera and Ballet of the National Theatre (Prague)
Conductor Jan Chalupecký                                                               
photo Hana Smejkalová

Leonard Bernstein: MASS

Sunday, June 12th, 21.00, Castle Courtyard
Vojtěch Dyk in the role of the Celebrant in a theatre piece for singers, players and dancers
SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZA staging of this key work dating from 1971 by a composer, whose music oscillates on the borders of jazz, soul, rock and classical music, with significant elements of rhythm and dance.
Director and set design Šimon a Michal Cabani
Vojtěch Dyk
Street Chorus
, choirmaster Michaela Rosza Růžičková
boys’ choir Pueri Gaudentes, choirmaster Zdena Součková
Orchestr MASS 
Conductor Oskar Rozsa

Discount for particular performance (discount for children and students for Antonín Dvořák: The Devil and Kate) cannot be applied with the package.

A CZK 2530 (save CZK 640)B CZK 1810 (save CZK 460)C and Wheelchair user CZK 1490 (save CZK 380)
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SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2015 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZ
WEEKEND PACKAGE No. 2 / 17.6.-19.6.2016
BAROCCO & CARMINA BURANA
Friday, June 17th, 21.00, Castle Courtyard
The NTM Ostrava ballet company performs its most successful piece, which had its premiere on 15/1/2015. The evening is based on two ballet productions full of emotion.
Hommage à Johann Sebastian Bach: BAROCCO
The music of Bach both recorded and live (solo cello) and the choreography is inspired by the spirit of the Baroque.
Choreography Jacek Przybyłowicz
Markéta Kubínová cello
Dancers
Isabelle Ayers, Brittany Haws, Saki Kagawa, Brígida Pereira Neves, Ayuka Nitta, Shino Sakurado, Aglaja Sawatzki, Barbora Šulcová, Stéphane Aubry, Giordano Bozza, Rei Masatomi, Sergio Méndez Romero, Stefano Pietragalla, Justin Zee

Carl Orff: CARMINA BURANA - The composer’s version for soloists, mixed choir, two pianos and percussion
SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZOrff’s Carmina Burana is among the most frequently played 20th  century compositions. It may work with medieval texts but the ballet’s message of the wheel of fortune is a timeless hymn to the love of men and women.
Choreography Youri Vámos
Veronika Holbová soprano, Jan Mikušek tenor, Filip Bandžak baritone
Michal Bárta / Jiří Janík piano, Václav Fildán / Martin Hrček / Petr Podraza / Jiří Smrčka / František Škrla / Pavel Švec / Jan Wysoglad percussion
Dancers
Chiara Lo Piparo, Koki Nishioka, Macbeth Konstantin Kaněra, Giordano Bozza, Tommaso Avezzano Comes, Rei Masatomi, Sergio Méndez Romero, Olga Borisová-Pračiková / Petra Kováčová
Choir of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre
(Ostrava), choirmaster Jurij Galatenko
Conductor Marek Prášil
                                                               photo Tamara Černá

Bedřich Smetana: THE BRANDENBURGERS IN BOHEMIA
Saturday, June 18th, 21.00, Castle CourtyardSMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZ
A historic opera in three acts
Staged on the 150th anniversary of the first production, premiered on 9/6/2016.
Performed in Czech with English surtitles
Libretto Karel Sabina
Director Jiří Nekvasil
The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Opera Ensemble (Ostrava)
Conductor Jakub Klecker


Gustav Mahler: SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND
Sunday, June 19th, 19.30, Castle Courtyard
Concert in cooperation with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra on the 90th anniversary of its founding

A unique production of one of the key works of the world’s musical canon for three sopranos, two altos, tenors, baritones and basses, children’s choir, two mixed choirs and a large orchestra
Part I: Rabanus Maurus Magnetintius - hymnus Veni creator spiritus
Part II: Johann Wolfgang Goethe - Faust, Part 2
Magna Peccatrix Maida HundelingSMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZ
Una poenitentium Eva Hornyáková
Mater Gloriosa (Kateřina Kněžíková
Mulier Samaritana Terézia Kružliaková
Maria Aegyptiaca Veronika Hajnová
Doctor Marianus Lars Cleveman
Pater Ecstaticus Jakub Kettner
Pater Profundus Peter Mikuláš
Kühn’s Children’s Choir
, choirmaster Jiří Chvála
Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno
, choirmaster Petr Fiala
City of Bratislava Choir
, choirmaster Ladislav Holásek
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Ondrej Lenárd


A CZK 2210 (save CZK 560)B CZK 1490 (save CZK 380)C and Wheelchair user CZK 1250 (save CZK 320)
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WEEKEND PACKAGE No. 3 / 24.6.-26.6.2016
Vincenzo Bellini: NORMA
Friday, June 24th, 21.00, Castle Courtyard
A lyric tragedy in two acts set in ancient Rome. The supreme work of Italian bel canto opera is full of beautiful melodies including Norma’s immortal aria "Casta Diva…".SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL VÍKENDOVÉ BALÍČKY 
Performed in Italian with Czech and English surtitles
The premiere 2.10.2015
Libreto Felice Romani
Director Tomo Sugao
Norma  Marie Fajtová
Adalgisa  Jana Horáková Levicová
Oroveso  Jiří Sulženko
Flavio  Václav Cikánek
Clotilda  Sylva Čmugrová
Soloists of the Prague National Theatre, State Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Conductor Enrico Dovico                                                               
photo Patrik Borecký


CELINE BYRNE & ALEX VICENS - GALACONCERT
STARS OF THE OPERATIC SKY

Saturday, June 25th, 20.00, Castle Courtyard
Famous opera and operetta arias and duets performed by major soloists - the Irish soprano Celine Byrne and the Spanish tenor Alex Vicens.
Featuring works by: G. Puccini, R. Leoncavallo, P. Mascagni, A. Catalani, F. Cilea, A. Dvořák, P. Sorozábal, F. Lehár and Emil N. von Reznicek.
Celine Byrne sopranoSMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZ
Alex Vicens tenor
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Ondrej Lenárd

SOLO FOR 100 STRINGS
Sunday, June 26th, 20.15, Castle Courtyard
Live broadcasting Česká televize (Czech TV)

A unique one hundred member body specially put together for this festival concert presents famous compositions for two string orchestras
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3
Wojciech Kilar: Orawa
Samul Barber: Adagio for String Orchestra Op. 11
Petr Iljič Čajkovskij: Serenade for String Orchestra C major Op. 48
Joint string sections Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra and Czech Chamber Philharmonic Pardubice
Conductor Leoš Svárovský

Discount for particular performance (discount for Česká spořitelna card holders and members of Premier Benefit Club for galakoncert of Celine Byrne & Alex Vicens) cannot be applied with the package.

A CZK 2450 (save CZK 620)B CZK 1650 (save CZK 420)C and Wheelchair user CZK 1410 (save CZK 360)
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WEEKEND PACKAGE No. 4 / 1.7.-3.7.2016SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL 2016 NA TICKETPORTAL.CZ
Bedřich Smetana: THE KISS
Friday, July 1st, 21.00, Castle Courtyard
A simple traditional opera in two acts
Premiere  4.12.2015
Libretto after a tale by Karolina Světlá Eliška Krásnohorská
Choreography Laďka Košíková
Director Linda Keprtová
Vendulka Pavla Vykopalová
Lukáš Petr Levíček
Paloucký Jiří Sulženko
Tomeš Svatopluk Sem
Martinka Jana Hrochová
Barče Martina KrálíkováSMETANOVA LITOMYŠL VÍKENDOVÉ BALÍČKY
Matouš David Nykl
Soloists, choir and orchestra of the Janáček Opera  of the National Theatre Brno

Conductor Jakub Klecker

Georges Bizet: CARMEN
Saturday, July 2nd, 21.00, Castle Courtyard
Opera in four acts
Premiere 18.3.2016
Libretto after the novel by Prosper Mérimée Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Director Tomáš Pilař
Carmen Atala Schöck
Don José Luciano Mastro
Escamillo Svatopluk Sem
Soloists, Choir and orchestra of the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno
Conductor Ondrej Olos


SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL VÍKENDOVÉ BALÍČKYGRAND FINALE - Bedřich Smetana: My Country
Sunday, July 3rd, 19.30, Castle Courtyard
The grand finale is a reminder of the 70th  anniversary of the Litomyšl concert of the Czech Philharmonic, which under the baton of Rafael Kubelík presented My Country in the Smetana House on Sunday June 23rd, 1946 as part of the celebrations in the first Smetana’s Litomyšl.
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Jakub Hrůša


A CZK 2370 (save CZK 600)B CZK 1570 (save CZK 400)C and Wheelchair user CZK 1330 (save CZK 340)
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WEEKEND PACKAGES SMETANOVA LITOMYŠL
ONE TICKETS ALLOWS ENTRY FOR ALL THREE SHOWS IN THE PACKAGE.

Smetana's Litomyšl weekend packages can also be purchased online directly on ticketportal.cz and immediately printed - HOMEtickets!!

The discount 50% for severely disabled persons with appropriate medical certificate and their guide (1 person) can be applied. At Ticketportal sales points as well as on-line - enter it at your shopping cart.

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