18
June 2023
7:30pm
17. June 2023
18
June 2023
7:30pm
17. June 2023

a three-part cantata for five vocal soloists, narrator, chorus and large orchestra on poems by Jens Peter Jacobsen translated to German by Robert Franz Arnold. Performed in German, with Czech surtitles

“A delightful sound bath or perhaps a stunning sunset over the music of the 19th century – that’s how Arnold Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder could be characterized.”

Věra Drápelová

I. Part

  • 1. Orchestral Preludium
  • 2. Waldemar
    Nun dämpft die Dämm’rung…
  • 3. Tove
    O, wenn des Mondes Strahlen…
  • 4. Waldemar
    Ross! Mein Ross!
  • 5. Tove
    Sterne jubeln, das Meer…
  • 6. Waldemar
    So tanzen die Engel vor Gottes Thron nicht…
  • 7. Tove
    Nun sag ich dir zum ersten Mal…
  • 8. Waldemar
    Es ist Mitternachtszeit…
  • 9. Tove
    Du sendest mir einen Liebesblick…
  • 10. Waldemar
    Du wunderliche Tove!
  • 11. Orchestrální mezihra
  • 12. Lesní holubice
    Tauben von Gurre!

— intermission —

II. Part

  • 1. Waldemar
    Herrgott, weißt du, was du tatest…

III. Part

  • 1. Waldemar
    Erwacht, König Waldemars Mannen wert!
  • 2. Sedlák
    Deckel des Sarges klappert…
    – Du fährt’s vorbei!
  • 3. Mužský sbor
    Gegrüsst, o König…
  • 4. Waldemar
    Mit Toves Stimme flüstert der Wald…
  • 5. Klaus
    Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so’n Aal…
  • 6. Waldemar
    Du strenger Richter droben…
  • 7. Mužský sbor
    Der Hahn erhebt den Kopf zur Kraht…
    Des Sommerwindes wilde Jagd
  • 8. Orchestrální intermezzo
  • 9. Vypravěč
    Herr Gänsefuss, Frau Gänsekraut…
  • 10. Smíšený sbor
    Seht die Sonne!

photogallery

venue / Festival Hall

The multifunctional hall was nominated for the European Union's Mies van der Rohe Award for Contemporary Architecture in 2007.

More on venue Festival Hall

790 / 890 / 990 / 1290 CZK
50% discount for health disability cards holders

tickets

1 intermission
Estimated end at 10 p.m.

 

performers overview

Michael Weinius – Waldemar
Susanne Bernhard – Tove
Štěpánka Pučálková – Wood Dove
Kevin Conners – Klaus the Jester
Yngve Søberg – Peasant
Dietrich Henschel – Narrator
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Choirmaster Petr Fiala
Slovak Philharmonic Choir (male voices) 
Choirmaster Jozef Chabroň
Norwegian Radio Orchestra 
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Petr Popelka

frequently asked questions

 
Wheelchairs
We want do everything possible to make things easy for people in wheelchairs. Therefore, to purchase tickets, please contact Jitka at nazdravetska@smetanovalitomysl.cz or +420 602 457 338.

performers

Michael Weinius – Waldemar
Susanne Bernhard – Tove
Štěpánka Pučálková – Wood Dove
Kevin Conners – Klaus the Jester
Yngve Søberg – Peasant
Dietrich Henschel – Narrator
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno
Choirmaster Petr Fiala
Slovak Philharmonic Choir (male voices) 
Choirmaster Jozef Chabroň
Norwegian Radio Orchestra 
Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Petr Popelka

frequently asked questions

frequently asked questions

 

Wheelchairs

We want do everything possible to make things easy for people in wheelchairs. Therefore, to purchase tickets, please contact Jitka at nazdravetska@smetanovalitomysl.cz or +420 602 457 338.