As part of the Smetana Litomyšl Opera Incubator project, The Kiss is transformed into a compelling experience in which gifted singers on the thresholds of their operatic careers are given an opportunity to perform. Under the direction of Jakub Klecker and Magdalena Švecová, these young artists will join forces on stage with the mixed choir KOS Litomyšl, an orchestra composed of students of JAMU, and members of the Czech Virtuosi.

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Smetana Litomysl Opera Incubator

Bedřich Smetana
The Kiss

Performers

Otec Paloucký – cover Tomas Maliniak
Vendulka, his daughter – cover Pavla Hubáčková
Lukas, the young widower – coverMatěj Kotrba
Tomeš, his brother-in-law – coverJonatan Müller
Martinka, Vendulka’s old aunt -coverVeronika Andraskova
Barce, maid at Paloucky’s – coverAnastasiia Babiiuk
Matouš, the old shepherd –David Malát
The Guard – David Cizner
Mixed choir KOS Litomyšl
Milan Motl – choirmaster
Czech Virtuosi and Janáček Academic Orchestra
Jakub Klecker -conductor
Magdalena Švecová -director
Martin Černý – set design
Barbora Maleninská – costumes
Jana Sibera – vocal coach
Barbora Málková – production
David Brabec – light design
Zuzana Švecová – assistant director
Jáchym Svoboda and Dominik Pernica – assistant conductors

Článek Bedřich Smetana: The Kiss se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

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Giuseppe Verdi
King for a Day (opera overture)

Giuseppe Verdi
Falstaff
Aria “Ehi! Paggio!”

Gaetano Donizetti
Don Pasquale
Norina’s aria “Quel guardo il cavaliere … So anch’io”

Gaetano Donizetti
The Elixir of Love
Duet of Adina and Dulcamara “Quanto amore … Una tenera occhiatina“

Hector Berlioz
The Damnation of Faust
Hungarian March

Arrigo Boito
Mefistofeles
Mefistofele’s aria “Son lo spirito che nega“

Charles Gounod
Faust
Méphistophélès’ aria “Le veau d’or“
Marguerite’s aria “Chanson du Roi de Thulé“

Richard Wagner
The Rhinegold Wotan’s aria
“Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge“

Leonard Bernstein
Candide (opera overture)

George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
“I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin“
“Bess, You Is My Woman Now“
“Summertime“

Richard Rodgers
South Pacifc
“Some Enchanted Evening“

Richard Rodgers
The Sound of Music
Orchestral medley

Jerry Bock
Fiddler on the Roof
“If I Were a Rich Man“

Performers

Sir Bryn Terfel – bass-baritone
Slávka Zámečníková – soprano
Prague Philharmonia
Eugene Kohn – conductor

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Článek Opera Gala – Bryn Terfel & Slávka Zámečníková se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Staged in Czech translation with Czech, English and German surtitles.

Performers

Gabriel von Eisenstein – Richard Samek
Rosalind, his wife – Veronika Rovná
Adéla, chamber – Nela Karolína Sojková
Ida, sister of Adela – Karolína Pohanková
Alfréd – Ondřej Koplík
Dr. Falke – Tadeáš Hoza
Dr. Blind – Vít Nosek
Frank, prison commander – Josef Škarka
Prince Orlowski – Jana Hrochová
Frosch – Jakub Svojanovský

Chorus and Orchestra of the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno
Ondrej Olos – conductor
Vojtěch Orenič – director

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Článek Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Staged in the Czech original with Czech, English and German surtitles.

Performers

Vok Vítkovic – Roman Hoza
Záviš – Václava Krejčí Housková
Jarek – Peter Berger
Hedvika – Kateřina Kněžíková
Michálek – Vít Nosek
Katuška – Lenka Máčiková
Beneš – David Szendiuch
Rarach – Jan Šťáva

Chorus and Orchestra of the Janáček Opera of the National Theatre Brno
Robert Kružík – conductor
Jiří Heřman – stage director

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Článek Bedřich Smetana: The Devil’s Wall se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

The Prague Philharmonic Choir and the Prague Philharmonia under the direction of Lukáš Vasilek – one of today’s most distinguished Czech choirmasters and conductors – present the chorus as the principal narrator of stories: from The Bartered Bride through the mysticism of The Plays of Mary to Janáček’s Jenůfa. Solo parts will be sung by Veronika Rovná and Pavel Švingr, and the evening will be hosted by the festival’s artistic director Marek Šulc.

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Selection of operas

Bohuslav Martinů
The Plays of Mary

Leoš Janáček
Jenůfa

Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka

Bedřich Smetana
The Bartered Bride
The Brandenburgers in Bohemia
The Kiss
The Secret
The Two Widows
Dalibor

Performers

Veronika Rovná – soprano
Pavel Švingr – bass
Marek Šulc – presenter
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Prague Philharmonia
Lukáš Vasilek – conductor

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Článek Smetana: Opera Choruses… AND MORE! se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Upon arriving in Nové Hrady, visitors immediately recognize the enlightened care of the “landowners.”
Magda and Petr Kučera have long transformed not only the immediate surroundings of their castle but also the character of the entire landscape. Fields give way to meadows, and among the thickets, fallow deer and majestic stags graze. In the stables and pastures a bit further away, horses trot, and at the center of it all, on a hill above the small East Bohemian village, a Rococo chateau opens its arms.

This small Czech Versailles is surrounded by more than ten types of gardens, one of which features a green amphitheater inspired by natural Baroque theaters. Since 2012, it has become a regular venue for specially staged performances of operas by old masters.

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Adalbert Gyrowetz
Der Augenarzt
A singspiel in two acts in a Czech translation by J. K. Chmelenský, based on a libretto by Emanuel Veith.

Performers

Count Kamenský, owner of the Skalka estate – Michal Marhold
Horský, military physician – Ondřej Benek
Pastor Volný – Jiří Poláček
Ludmila, his wife – Helena Kalambová
Marie, their daughter – Hana Holodňáková
Filip, their ward – Veronika Hajič Vojířová
Vilemína, their ward – Eliška Minářová
Ježek, caretaker at the chateau – Vincenc Ignác Novotný

Collegium Floreum
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl – conductor
Tomáš Hanzlík – director, set design

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Článek A Night at the Nové Hrady Chateau se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Upon arriving in Nové Hrady, visitors immediately recognize the enlightened care of the “landowners.”
Magda and Petr Kučera have long transformed not only the immediate surroundings of their castle but also the character of the entire landscape. Fields give way to meadows, and among the thickets, fallow deer and majestic stags graze. In the stables and pastures a bit further away, horses trot, and at the center of it all, on a hill above the small East Bohemian village, a Rococo chateau opens its arms.

This small Czech Versailles is surrounded by more than ten types of gardens, one of which features a green amphitheater inspired by natural Baroque theaters. Since 2012, it has become a regular venue for specially staged performances of operas by old masters.

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Adalbert Gyrowetz
Der Augenarzt
A singspiel in two acts in a Czech translation by J. K. Chmelenský, based on a libretto by Emanuel Veith.

Performers

Count Kamenský, owner of the Skalka estate – Michal Marhold
Horský, military physician – Ondřej Benek
Pastor Volný – Jiří Poláček
Ludmila, his wife – Helena Kalambová
Marie, their daughter – Hana Holodňáková
Filip, their ward – Veronika Hajič Vojířová
Vilemína, their ward – Eliška Minářová
Ježek, caretaker at the chateau – Vincenc Ignác Novotný

Collegium Floreum
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl – conductor
Tomáš Hanzlík – director, set design

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Článek A Night at the Nové Hrady Chateau se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Upon arriving in Nové Hrady, visitors immediately recognize the enlightened care of the “landowners.”
Magda and Petr Kučera have long transformed not only the immediate surroundings of their castle but also the character of the entire landscape. Fields give way to meadows, and among the thickets, fallow deer and majestic stags graze. In the stables and pastures a bit further away, horses trot, and at the center of it all, on a hill above the small East Bohemian village, a Rococo chateau opens its arms.

This small Czech Versailles is surrounded by more than ten types of gardens, one of which features a green amphitheater inspired by natural Baroque theaters. Since 2012, it has become a regular venue for specially staged performances of operas by old masters.

programme

Adalbert Gyrowetz
Der Augenarzt
A singspiel in two acts in a Czech translation by J. K. Chmelenský, based on a libretto by Emanuel Veith.

Performers

Count Kamenský, owner of the Skalka estate – Michal Marhold
Horský, military physician – Ondřej Benek
Pastor Volný – Jiří Poláček
Ludmila, his wife – Helena Kalambová
Marie, their daughter – Hana Holodňáková
Filip, their ward – Veronika Hajič Vojířová
Vilemína, their ward – Eliška Minářová
Ježek, caretaker at the chateau – Vincenc Ignác Novotný

Collegium Floreum
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl – conductor
Tomáš Hanzlík – director, set design

photogallery

Článek A Night at the Nové Hrady Chateau se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Upon arriving in Nové Hrady, visitors immediately recognize the enlightened care of the “landowners.”
Magda and Petr Kučera have long transformed not only the immediate surroundings of their castle but also the character of the entire landscape. Fields give way to meadows, and among the thickets, fallow deer and majestic stags graze. In the stables and pastures a bit further away, horses trot, and at the center of it all, on a hill above the small East Bohemian village, a Rococo chateau opens its arms.

This small Czech Versailles is surrounded by more than ten types of gardens, one of which features a green amphitheater inspired by natural Baroque theaters. Since 2012, it has become a regular venue for specially staged performances of operas by old masters.

programme

Adalbert Gyrowetz
Der Augenarzt
A singspiel in two acts in a Czech translation by J. K. Chmelenský, based on a libretto by Emanuel Veith.

Performers

Count Kamenský, owner of the Skalka estate – Michal Marhold
Horský, military physician – Ondřej Benek
Pastor Volný – Jiří Poláček
Ludmila, his wife – Helena Kalambová
Marie, their daughter – Hana Holodňáková
Filip, their ward – Veronika Hajič Vojířová
Vilemína, their ward – Eliška Minářová
Ježek, caretaker at the chateau – Vincenc Ignác Novotný

Collegium Floreum
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl – conductor
Tomáš Hanzlík – director, set design

photogallery

Článek A Night at the Nové Hrady Chateau se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.

Upon arriving in Nové Hrady, visitors immediately recognize the enlightened care of the “landowners.”
Magda and Petr Kučera have long transformed not only the immediate surroundings of their castle but also the character of the entire landscape. Fields give way to meadows, and among the thickets, fallow deer and majestic stags graze. In the stables and pastures a bit further away, horses trot, and at the center of it all, on a hill above the small East Bohemian village, a Rococo chateau opens its arms.

This small Czech Versailles is surrounded by more than ten types of gardens, one of which features a green amphitheater inspired by natural Baroque theaters. Since 2012, it has become a regular venue for specially staged performances of operas by old masters.

programme

Adalbert Gyrowetz
Der Augenarzt
A singspiel in two acts in a Czech translation by J. K. Chmelenský, based on a libretto by Emanuel Veith.

Performers

Count Kamenský, owner of the Skalka estate – Michal Marhold
Horský, military physician – Ondřej Benek
Pastor Volný – Jiří Poláček
Ludmila, his wife – Helena Kalambová
Marie, their daughter – Hana Holodňáková
Filip, their ward – Veronika Hajič Vojířová
Vilemína, their ward – Eliška Minářová
Ježek, caretaker at the chateau – Vincenc Ignác Novotný

Collegium Floreum
Musica Florea
Marek Štryncl – conductor
Tomáš Hanzlík – director, set design

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Článek A Night at the Nové Hrady Chateau se nejdříve objevil na Smetanova Litomyšl.