{"id":128200,"date":"2021-02-05T12:56:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T11:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/mista_konani\/smetana-house\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T10:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T09:39:41","slug":"smetana-house","status":"publish","type":"mista_konani","link":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/en\/mista_konani\/smetana-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Smetana House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Smetana House was built between 1903 and 1905 on the spot formerly occupied by the Karlov summer residence, whose Great Hall held the first concert by little Bed\u0159ich Smetana. It is a masterwork of Neo-Renaissance architecture with early Secession elements and was built according to plans by J. \u0160ula, V. \u0160ulc, and J. Velf\u00edk. J. Kreml presided over the construction, and the exterior relief work was executed by A. Popp and O. Walter. The opulent exterior reflects the rich interior ornamentation. The Great and Lesser Halls, as well as others, were decorated by Rudolf Hamr\u0161m\u00edd and A. Kulh\u00e1nek, with a drop curtain painted by Franti\u0161ek Urban. Smetana House was officially opened on June 11, 1905 with an amateur performance of the opera Dalibor, in which famous personalities participated, including the writer Alois Jir\u00e1sek and F. A. \u0160ubrt, director of the National Theater.<\/p>\n\n

From this point on, Smetana House has functioned as a cultural center; concerts, theater performances, balls, and social gatherings are held here. Moreover, it serves as a home for many of Litomy\u0161l\u2019s associations, ensembles, and amateur troupes. The Great Hall tends to be used for Smetana\u2019s Litomy\u0161l programs \u2013 primarily for chamber concerts, but also for theater performances with a musical theme, which are frequently included in the festival\u2019s artistic content.<\/p>\n\n

With the balcony, the auditorium capacity is 487 seats plus space for locating two wheelchairs. The audience is arranged in successively raised rows and is divided into three sections according to their distance from the stage. Nonetheless, there is good sound quality and visibility from all seats.<\/p>\n\n

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Little Smetana gave his first concert in the summer palace in whose place now stands the city\u2019s Neo-Renaissance cultural center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8740,"template":"","class_list":["post-128200","mista_konani","type-mista_konani","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mista_konani\/128200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mista_konani"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mista_konani"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smetanovalitomysl.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}