The Devil’s Wall

Festival Hall

15.

June 2024
21:00

14. June 2024

Comic-romantic opera in three acts to a libretto by Eliška Krásnohorská.

The Devil’s Wall is the last completed musical-dramatic work by the Litomyšl native. It premiered on 29th October 1882 at the Provisional Theatre under the baton of Adolf Čech and this production of the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre Ostrava was performed at Smetana’s Litomyšl Festival also in the Year of Czech Music 2014.

Presented in Czech with Czech and English surtitles.

“Moldau, in which the day looks, you lovely mirror!

May the anguish that weighs me down, sink into your depths!”

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venue / Festival Hall

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

Festival catalogue

A catalogue with all program details, Litomyšl tour guide with tourist tips how to get the most from your festival visit.

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Intermission table

Private table with sparkling wine and refreshments.

Served in castle garden nearby during intermissions or before the show.

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To all festival ticket holders we offer free transports from/to their accommodation facility outside the town of Litomyšl in distance up to 20 km, and from the train station in Česká Třebová.

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Jiří Brückler

Vok Vítkovic

Martin Gurbaľ

Beneš

Veronika Rovná

Hedvika

Miloš Horák

Rarach

Marek Šedivý

conductor

1,290 / 1,090 / 990 / 890 CZK

50% discount for health disability cards holders

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number of free seats 40

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Ouverture at 8 p.m., Church of St. Anne

2 intermissions

Estimated end at midnight

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performers

Vok Vítkovic – Martin Bárta / Jiří Brückler
Beneš – Martin Gurbaľ / Josef Škarka
Hedvika – Veronika Rovná / Lívia Obručník Vénosová
Rarach – Miloš Horák / František Zahradníček

Moravian-Silesian National Theatre
Conductor Marek Šedivý
Directed by Jiří Nekvasil

Vok Vítkovic - Martin Bárta / Jiří Brückler

Beneš - Martin Gurbaľ / Josef Škarka

Hedvika - Veronika Rovná / Lívia Obručník Vénosová

Rarach - Miloš Horák / František Zahradníček

Moravian-Silesian National Theatre

Conductor Marek Šedivý

Directed by Jiří Nekvasil

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.

Why doesn’t the auditorium plan always start with the front row?
The size of the auditorium depends on the size of the production or the performing ensemble. For example, at the operas, the orchestra takes the place of the first non-elevated rows. The first row is thus row 9 or 10.