27.
June 2025
21:00
26. June 2025
27.
June 2025
21:00
26. June 2025

The world’s brightest ballet stars in Litomyšl. An exceptional dance experience, featuring soloists of the Royal Ballet Covent Garden, the English National Ballet, the Paris Opera, the Stuttgart Ballet, the Bavarian State Ballet in Munich, and the Prague National Theatre, all in a single evening.

Prima ballerina Nikola Márová will bid farewell to her illustrious artistic career at our festival.

programme

Corsair (Grand Pas de Deux)
Choreography Marius Petipa
Music Adolphe Charles Adam

Coppelia
Choreography Ninette de Valois
Music Leó Delibes

Corsair (Cave Pas de Deux)
Choreography Marius Petipa
Music Adolphe Charles Adam

Vue de l’autre
Choreography Van Le Ngoc
Music Ludovico Einaudi

Manon
Choreography Kenneth MacMillan
Music Jules Massenet

Onegin
Choreography John Cranko
Music Kurt-Heinz Stolze
according to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake (White Swan)
Choreography Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Mask Duet
Choreography Douglas Lee
Music Antonio Vivaldi

Swan Lake (Black Swan)
Choreography Marius Petipa & Lev Ivanov
Music Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Cinderella
Choreography Christopher Wheeldon
Music Sergei Prokofiev

performers

Marianela Nunez and Cesar Corrales
Fernanda Oliveira and Junor Souza
English National Ballet

Nikola Márová and Adam Zvonař
Prague National Theatre

Friedemann Vogel (Stuttgart) and Ludmila Pagliero (Paris Opera)
Paris Opera and Stuttgart Ballet

Maria Baranova and Jinhao Zhang
Bavarian State Ballet

Artistic direction of the evening Daria Klimentová

venue / Castle Courtyard

Each year, this courtyard, with its excellent acoustics and open arcades reminiscent of theater boxes, turns into a concert hall under the stars.

More on venue The Castle Courtyard

1190 / 1390 / 1690 CZK
50% discount for ZTP and ZTP/P card holders

Overture at 8.00pm, Castle Riding Hall
1 intermission
Estimated end at 11.00pm
 
 

ticket includes

Festival bus line
Hradec Králové - Pardubice - Holice - Vysoké Mýto - Litomyšl
BusLine's festival bus will take ticket holders to all evening performances on the main stage and back again after the show.
...timetable and other information
Reservations at: +420 461 616 070,
available until capacity is reached.
Shuttle service
We offer free transport for festival ticket holders from accommodation facilities within 20 km around Litomyšl and from the train station in Česká Třebová.
Reservations at: +420 461 616 070,
available until capacity is reached.

frequently asked questions

Wheelchairs
We want to do everything possible to make things easy for people in wheelchairs. To purchase tickets, please contact our ticket sales department:
nazdravetska@smetanovalitomysl.cz, +420 602 457 338
Which way to the Castle Riding Hall?
The Castle Riding Hall is located in the upper part of the first castle courtyard near the fountain.
 

performers

frequently asked questions

Festival bus line
Hradec Králové – Pardubice – Holice – Vysoké Mýto – Litomyšl
BusLine’s festival bus will take ticket holders to all evening performances on the main stage and back again after the show.
…timetable and other information
Reservations at: +420 461 616 070,
available until capacity is reached.
Shuttle service
We offer free transport for festival ticket holders from accommodation facilities within 20 km around Litomyšl and from the train station in Česká Třebová.
Reservations at: +420 461 616 070,
available until capacity is reached.

frequently asked questions

Wheelchairs
We want to do everything possible to make things easy for people in wheelchairs. To purchase tickets, please contact our ticket sales department:
nazdravetska@smetanovalitomysl.cz, +420 602 457 338
Which way to the Castle Riding Hall?
The Castle Riding Hall is located in the upper part of the first castle courtyard near the fountain.