“Daddy, how do you barter a bride? – You know what, Hurvajz, take Žeryk and Mánička and let’s go to the opera, it’ll be easier than explaining it to you!”

This new family show, featuring the famous puppet characters Spejbl, Hurvínek and Mánička, will take you to the Bartered Bride and to the world of opera. The puppets will be assisted by opera soloists along with a special Smetana miniorchestra.

In co-production with Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre

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Článek Hurvínek Barters the Bride se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

“Daddy, how do you barter a bride? – You know what, Hurvajz, take Žeryk and Mánička and let’s go to the opera, it’ll be easier than explaining it to you!”

This new family show, featuring the famous puppet characters Spejbl, Hurvínek and Mánička, will take you to the Bartered Bride and to the world of opera. The puppets will be assisted by opera soloists along with a special Smetana miniorchestra.

In co-production with Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre

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Článek Hurvínek Barters the Bride se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

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Článek MenART 2023 for Smetana’s Litomyšl se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Josef Fojta & Emanuel Míšek

Tools, songs from a briefcase

Herbs, songs from a Cup

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Článek Herbs – Songs from a Cup se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

“It is amazing to watch the growth and progress of all the scholarship beneficiaries. They are young people blessed with talents, but also with the support of family and teachers, who deserve thanks for that. I wish all young pianists to see their time at the piano as the best investment in themselves. I will follow their future journey with great hope.”

Ivo Kahánek

A smartly arranged programme is always prepared for the festival concert, to be performed by 10-12 selected young talented musicians across disciplines. Audiences will be able to appreciate the virtuosity in the young performers’ solo pieces as well as the shared energy in chamber pieces. The beauty of the voices of the young singing hopefuls will be particularly evident in the songwriting by Czech composers.

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Článek MenART 2022 for Smetana’s Litomyšl se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

So, the old woman sent her old man to go and take a look as it seemed to her as if someone was peeling the gingerbread of which their house was built. And the old man went out and said, “Who is peeling gingerbread from my roof?” – “No, sir, it’s only the wind,” Gretel answered in a thin voice from under the window…”

Božena Němcová – Hansel and Gretel (also known as The Fairy Tale of the Gingerbread House)

Jan Kučera

Hansel and Gretel

a one-act opera based on a fairy tale by Božena Němcová. Libretto by Ladislava Smítková Janků

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Článek Jan Kučera: Hansel and Gretel se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

So, the old woman sent her old man to go and take a look as it seemed to her as if someone was peeling the gingerbread of which their house was built. And the old man went out and said, “Who is peeling gingerbread from my roof?” – “No, sir, it’s only the wind,” Gretel answered in a thin voice from under the window…”

Božena Němcová – Hansel and Gretel (also known as The Fairy Tale of the Gingerbread House)

Jan Kučera

Hansel and Gretel

a one-act opera based on a fairy tale by Božena Němcová. Libretto by Ladislava Smítková Janků

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Článek Jan Kučera: Hansel and Gretel se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.