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70th

- annual PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL

MUSIC FESTIVAL

12 / 5 – 3 / 6/ 2015

Tue 12 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

NDR SINFONIEORCHESTER HAMBURG

Opening Concert

Thomas Hengelbrock – conductor

Bedřich Smetana

My Country

CZK 3900/2900/2200/1500/E950/ST500

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Wed 13 May 4 pm (Part 1)

8 pm (Part 2)

Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

final round, FLUTE category

Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra

Jan Talich – conductor

Frank Martin

Ballade for Flute, Piano and Strings

The finalists will also choose one of the following concertos:

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

Concerto in D minor for Flute, Strings and Basso Continuo Wq 22 (H 425)

Johann Joachim Quantz

Concerto in G major for Flute and Strings QV 5:174

Carl Stamitz

Concerto in G major for Flute and Orchestra Op. 29

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Wed 13 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

NDR SINFONIEORCHESTER HAMBURG

Thomas Hengelbrock – conductor

Bedřich Smetana

My Country

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Thu 14 May

4 pm (Part 1)

8 pm (Part 2)

Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

PRAGUE SPRING INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION

final round, CLARINET category

PKF - Prague Philharmonia

Jan Jakub Bokun – conductor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major K 622

Aaron Copland Concerto for Clarinet, Harp, Piano and Strings

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Sat 16 May 11 am Prague Academy of Music – Martinů Hall

MORNING CONCERT I

Kristina Fialová – viola

Monika Knoblochová – harpsichord

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata in G major BWV 1027

Zdeněk Lukáš

Meditation for Viola and Harpsichord

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Krzysztof Penderecki Cadenza for viola solo

Jiří Teml Meditation and Delights

CZK 250

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Sat 16 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC

Yuri Temirkanov – conductor

Dmitri Shostakovich

Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 60 “Leningrad”

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Sun 17 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

ST PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC

Yuri Temirkanov – conductor

Julian Rachlin – violin

Dmitri Shostakovich

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor Op. 77

Symphony No. 5 in D minor Op. 47

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Sun 17 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

BACH COLLEGIUM JAPAN

Masaaki Suzuki – conductor

Hana Blažíková – soprano

Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto in D minor for Two Violins, Strings and Basso Continuo BWV 1043

Cantata „Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut“ BWV 199

Concerto in C minor for Oboe, Violin, Strings and Basso Continuo BWV 1060R

Cantata „Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“ BWV 51

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Mon 18 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

DAGMAR PECKOVÁ & ŠTEFAN MARGITA

PKF - Prague Philharmonia

Stanislav Vavřínek – conductor

Dagmar Pecková – mezzo-soprano

Štefan Margita – tenor

Overtures, arias and duets from the following operas:

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Eugene Onegin

The Maid of Orleans

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

Leoš Janáček Jenůfa

Richard Wagner Die Walküre

Jules Massenet Thaïs, Hérodiade

Francesco Cilea L’Arlesiana

Pietro Mascagni Cavalleria rusticana

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Mon 18 May

8 pm National Technical Museum

JAN MATOUŠEK SWING BAND

Swing from the 1930s in an original arrangement played on period musical instruments

and with period technology exhibits close at hand

In association with the National Technical Museum

CZK 350

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Tue 19 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

SA CHEN

piano

César Franck Prélude, choral et fugue

Claude Debussy Suite bergamasque

Fryderyk Chopin Mazurkas Op. 56/2, 30/4 and 63/3

Robert Schumann Carnaval Op. 9

CZK 500/400/300/E200/SL150/ST80

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Tue 19 May 8 pm Church of St Simon and St Jude

PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC CHOIR

Lukáš Vasilek – chorusmaster

other performers to be announced

John Tavener Svyati for mixed choir and cello

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Jan Hanuš The Message Op. 66. Vocal triptych for mixed choir, baritone solo, two pianos, electric

guitar, percussion and magnetic tape on texts from the Holy Scriptures and by Kamil Bednář,

in memory of Jan Palach

Veljo Tormis Livonian Heritage for solos and mixed choir (Czech premiere)

Eric Whitacre Cloudburst for mixed choir, percussion and piano (Czech premiere)

CZK 350/200

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Wed 20 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

AKADEMIE FÜR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN

Georg Kallweit – concert master

Marin Marais

Tempête from Alcyone

Michel-Richard Delalande

Suite from Les Fontaines de Versailles

Georg Philipp Telemann

Overture in C major TWV 55:C3

Georg Friedrich Händel

Water Music HWV 348–350

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Wed 20 May 8 pm Church of St Simon and St Jude

Kateřina Kněžíková – soprano

David Švec – piano

Antonín Dvořák Love Songs Op. 83

Furiant No. 2 in F major Op. 42 for piano solo

Richard Strauss

selection of songs

Robert Schumann

Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42

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Franz Liszt

Consolation No. 3 in D flat major for piano solo S 172

Tre Sonetti di Petrarca

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Thu 21 May 7 pm Mercedes Forum Prague

LIBOR ŠMOLDAS QUARTET

Libor Šmoldas – guitar

Petr Beneš – piano

Josef Fečo – double-bass

Tomáš Hobzek – percussion

An evening of Libor Šmoldas, author of the Jazz Composition

of the Year 2014

CZK 400

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Thu 21 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Pietari Inkinen – conductor

The Inaugural Concert

Jan Hanuš A Relay Race Op. 63

Einojuhani Rautavaara Apotheosis from Symphony No. 6 “Vincentiana” (Czech premiere)

Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

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Fri 22 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

CZECH PHILHARMONIC

Concert of the Friends of Prague Spring

Jiří Bělohlávek – conductor

Elisabeth Kulman – alto

Prague Philharmonic Choir (female voices)

Lukáš Vasilek – chorusmaster

The Kühn Children’s Choir

Jiří Chvála – chorusmaster

Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 3 in D minor

CZK 900/700/550/450/E**/ST150

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Sat 23 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

ADAM PLACHETKA PRESENTS YOUNG SINGERS

Tribute to Jarmila Novotná

Michaela Kušteková – soprano

Simona Mrázová – mezzo-soprano

Petr Nekoranec – tenor

Roman Hoza – baritone

Adam Plachetka – bass-baritone

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tomáš Brauner – conductor

Arias and ensembles from the following operas:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Così fan tutte, Idomeneo, Don Giovanni

Domenico Cimarosa

Il matrimonio segreto

Gaetano Donizetti

La fille du régiment, Don Pasquale, L’elisir d’amore

Gioacchino Rossini

Tancredi, Il barbiere di Siviglia

Vincenzo Bellini

I puritani

In association with The Association of Chateau Liteň

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Sun 24 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

ORCHESTER WIENER AKADEMIE

Martin Haselböck – conductor

Elizabeth Wallfisch – violin

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61

Franz Schubert

Symphony in C major D 944 “Great”

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Mon 25 May 8 pm Archa Theatre

ORCHESTER BERG

Peter Vrábel – conductor

Heiner Goebbels – concept, stage direction

Petr Wajsar

Limekiln Sinfonietta (world premiere commissioned by Prague Spring)

Heiner Goebbels

Songs of Wars I Have Seen. Staged concert with words by Gertrude Stein

The work is being rehearsed and performed with the composer’s participation

CZK 450/ST100

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Tue 26 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

CELLULOID MUSIC

Prague Symphony Orchestra

Marko Ivanović – conductor

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Hamlet (suite of music for the film by Grigori Kozintsev)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

The Adventures of Robin Hood (suite of music for the film by Michael Curtiz and William

Keighley)

Jiří Šust Film music selections

Zdeněk Liška Adrift, Death Is Called Engelchen (two suites of music for films by Ján Kadár and Elmar

Klos)

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Wed 27 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

JAMES EHNES – violin

Andrew Armstrong – piano

Claude Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor

Edward Elgar Violin Sonata in E minor Op. 82

Karol Szymanowski Myths Op. 30

Ottorino Respighi Violin Sonata in B minor

In association with the Czech Chamber Music Society

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Wed 27 May 9.30 pm Church of Our Lady of the Snows

NOCTURNE II

Charles-Antoine Duflot – violoncello

Benjamin Britten

Suite No. 3 Op. 87

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Luciano Berio

Sequenza XIV

Johann Sebastian Bach

Suite in D major BWV 1012

Each of the works will be performed on a different cello, including an original five-string

baroque instrument

CZK 400

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Thu 28 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

ORCHESTRA DELL’ACCADEMIA NAZIONALE DI SANTA CECILIA

Sir Antonio Pappano – conductor

Jan Vogler – violoncello

Giuseppe Verdi La forza del destino, overture

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Variations on a Rococo Theme in A major Op. 33

Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43

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Fri 29 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA

Iván Fischer – conductor

Maria João Pires – piano

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The Magic Flute, overture

Piano Concerto in E flat major K 271

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68

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Sat 30 May 11 am Prague Academy of Music – Martinů Hall

MORNING CONCERT III

Olga Šroubková – violin

Miroslav Sekera – piano

Johann Sebastian Bach

Sonata for Solo Violin in A minor BWV 1003 (Grave, Fugue)

Bohuslav Martinů

Intermezzo No. 2 and No. 3 H 260

Arabesque No. 6 H 201a

Sergei Prokofiev Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major Op. 94bis

Henryk Wieniawski Theme original varié Op. 15

CZK 250

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Sat 30 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

CZECH PHILHARMONIC

Jukka-Pekka Saraste – conductor

Vilde Frang – violin

Anton Webern Passacaglia Op. 1

Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98

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Sat 30 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

MURRAY PERAHIA piano

Joseph Haydn

Piano Sonata in A flat major Hob. XVI:46

Variations in F minor, Hob. XVII:6

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 27/2

César Franck

Prélude, Choral et Fugue FWV 21

Fryderyk Chopin

Nocturne in D flat major Op. 27/2

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor Op. 20

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Sun 31 May 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

PRAGUE SPRING DEBUT

Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra

Marek Šedivý – conductor

Johannes Grosso – oboe

winner of the 2014 Prague Spring International Music Competition

Klement Slavický

Rhapsodic Variations

Martin Hybler

Oboe Concerto Op. 26

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op. 36

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Mon 1 June 6 pm Church of St Simon and St Jude

THE KÜHN CHILDREN’S CHOIR

Concert for children and parents

Jiří Chvála – chorusmaster

Jakub Jan Ryba

A Gift for Diligent Youth

Jiří Teml

The Birds’ Little Radio Cantata

Zdeněk Šesták

What is that ringing and tinkling sound?

Jan Hanuš

The Czech Year Op. 24 (Spring, Summer)

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Mon 1 June 9.30 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

NOCTURNE III

Paul Lewis – piano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109

Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major Op. 110

Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor Op. 111

CZK 400

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Tue 2 June 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

Vasily Petrenko – conductor

Lisa Larsson – soprano

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Leoš Janáček

From the House of the Dead, suite from the opera

Alban Berg

Early Songs

Edward Elgar

Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Op. 55

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Wed 3 June 8 pm Municipal House – Smetana Hall

ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC

Closing Concert

Vasily Petrenko – conductor

Paul Lewis – piano

Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15

Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70

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CHAMBER MUSIC WEEKEND

22 – 25 / 5 / 2015 ________________________________________________________________

Beethoven in Dialogue

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Fri 22 May 8 pm Rudolfinum – Dvořák Hall

ST PETERSBURG CHAMBER SOLOISTS

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major WoO 36

Josef Suk

Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 8

Alfred Schnittke

Piano Quintet

In association with the Czech Chamber Music Society

CZK 600/500/400/E250/SL150/ST100***

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Sat 23 May 11 am Prague Academy of Music

MATINÉ II.

Trio Rafale

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor Op. 1

Jannik Giger

Piano Trio „Caprice“

Dmitri Shostakovich

Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor Op. 67

CZK 250***

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Sat 23 May 2 pm Prague Academy of Music – Martinů Hall

VILIJA POSKUTE & TOMAS DAUKANTAS

piano duo

César Franck

Prélude, fugue et variation in B minor Op. 18

Francis Poulenc

Sonata for Two Pianos

Camille Saint-Saëns

Variations on a Theme of Beethoven in E flat major Op. 35

Maurice Ravel

Rhapsodie espagnole

CZK 250***

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Sat 23 May 5 pm CNB Hall

MUCHA QUARTET

Franz Schubert

Quartettsatz in C minor D 703

Ilja Zeljenka

String Quartet No. 7 “Hommage à Beethoven”

Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet in F major Op. 59/1 “Razumovsky”

CZK 250***

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Sat 23 May 9.30 pm St Agnes Convent

NOCTURNE I

Jan Hudeček – bassoon

winner of the 2014 Prague Spring International

Music Competition

Vojtěch Spurný – harpsichord

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Georg Philipp Telemann

Sonata in F minor TWV41:f1

Luciano Berio

Sequenza XII for bassoon solo

Georg Philipp Telemann

Sonata in E minor TWV41:e5

Isang Yun

Monologue for bassoon solo

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Sun 24 May 11 am Tuscany Palace

Jan Ostrý – flute

Adéla Štajnochrová – violin

Radim Sedmidubský – viola

Libor Mašek – violoncello

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Jan Nepomuk Vent

The Magic Flute, overture

Ludwig van Beethoven

Serenade in D major op. 25

Luboš Sluka

Quartet “A Recollection of the Wanderings of J. A. Comenius”

Jan Jakub Ryba

Quartet in C major

In association with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

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Sun 24 May 2 pm Capitular Hall, Grand Priory Palace

ZEMLINSKY QUARTET

Ludwig van Beethoven

String Quartet in F major Op. 18/1

Dmitri Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110

Ludwig van Beethoven

Grosse Fuge in B flat major Op. 133

In association with the Sovereign Order of Malta – Grand Priory of Bohemia

CZK 250***

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Sun 24 May 5 pm Imperial Hall, Lobkowicz Palace

(Prague Castle)

Roman Janál – baritone

Barbara Maria Willi – fortepiano

Ludwig van Beethoven

Eight Songs Op. 52 (selection)

An die ferne Geliebte op. 98

Resignation WoO 149

In questa tomba oscura WoO 133

Aus Goethes Faust (Six Songs Op. 75/3)

L´amante impazziente (Four Ariettas Op. 82)

and a further selection of songs by F. A. Rössler-Rosetti, J. V. H. Voříšek, J. A. Benda

and J. K. Vaňhal

In association with Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle

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Sun 24 May 8 pm St Agnes’ convent

VIVIANA SOFRONITSKY

Fortepiano

Favorite instruments of great composers

C. Ph. E. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Fryderyk Chopin,

Franz Liszt

The instruments used for this concert are from the workshop of Paul McNulty and are copies

of fortepianos by master piano makers of the 18th and 19th centuries

CZK 400***

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Mon 25 May 8 pm St Agnes’convent

AFFLATUS QUINTET

Yoko Kikuchi – piano

Antonín Rejcha

Wind Quintet in E flat major Op. 88/1

Richard Strauss / David M. Carp

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op. 28

Helmut Eder

Wind Quintet No. 3 Op. 91 “Begegnung”

Francis Poulenc

Sixtuor

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Key

E Seats in front of the organ

ST Standing only

SL Seats behind columns or with a restricted view

** Organ gallery closed

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THEATRE PERFORMANCES ________________________________________________________________

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Thu 14 May 7 pm National Theatre

LEOŠ JANÁČEK: FROM THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD

(Premiere)

Conductor: Robert Jindra

Stage director: Daniel Špinar

Orchestra and Chorus of the National Theatre

Featuring:

Filka Morozov: Štefan Margita

Skuratov: Josef Moravec

Šiškov: Pavol Remenár

Gorjančikov: František Zahradníček

Aljeja: Michal Bragagnolo

Commandant: Jevhen Šokalo

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Sun 17 May 8 pm The State Opera

RICHARD STRAUSS: SALOME

Musical preparation: Heiko Mathias Förster

Conductors: Heiko Mathias Förster / Jiří Štrunc

Stage director: Mariusz Treliński

Set design: Boris Kudlička

Costumes: Marek Adamski

Light design: Felice Ross

Video: Bartek Macias

Choreography: Tomasz Wygoda

Dramaturgy: Piotr Gruszczynski, Jitka Slavíková

State Opera Orchestra

Concert master: Radovan Šandera / Štěpán Kaniak

Featuring:

Salome: Gun-Brit Barkmin

Herodes: Jacek Laszczkowski

Herodias: Veronika Hajnová

Jochanaan: Tomasz Konieczny / Miguelangelo Cavalcanti

In coproduction with Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa Warsaw

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Tue 19 May 7 pm National Theatre

ĽUBICA ČEKOVSKÁ: DORIAN GRAY

Musical preparation and Conductor: Christopher Ward

Stage director: Nicola Raab

Set design and costumes: Alix Burgstaller, Anne Marie Legenstein

Orchestra of the Slovak National Theatre

Featuring:

Sybil Vane: Helena Becse-Szabó

Mrs Leaf: Terézia Kružliaková

Bordelmama: Denisa Hamarová

Dorian: Eamon Mulhall

Alan Campbell: Martin Gyimesi

James Vane: Ján Ďurčo

Basil: Martin Malachovský

Lord Henry: Aleš Jenis

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Sat 23 May 7 pm National Theatre

JAN KLUSÁK: PHILOCTETES

Musical preparation and conductor: Marko Ivanović

Director: Jiří Nekvasil

Stage design: Daniel Dvořák

Costumes: Simona Rybáková

Chorus master: Jurij Galatenko

Dramaturgy: Daniel Jäger

Chorus and Orchestra of The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

Featuring:

Philoctetes: Roman Janál

Odysseus: Jorge Garza

Neoptolemos, the son of Achilles: Jana Hrochová Wallingerová

Heracles: Martin Gurbaľ

This is a co-production of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava, the National

Theatre in Prague, and the Prague Spring Festival

The Prague Spring reserves the right to change the programme and performers

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DISCOUNTS ________________________________________________________________

At the entrance to the concert hall, the organizers are authorized to ask to see the I. D. on the

basis of which the discount was offered. Discounts cannot be combined. Not applicable to

discount coupons.

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Disabled person

A 50% discount on tickets is offered to holders of disability ID cards (1 person or 1 person

and 1 escort).

Discounts for disability ID card holders can only be claimed at the Prague Spring box office

at the Rudolfinum or by e-mail sent to the address vstupenky@colosseum.eu

Child discount

Children under 15 years can receive a 20% discount on tickets for all Prague Spring Festival

concerts

Student discount

A 20% discount on tickets for all Prague Spring Festival concerts, except for first and second

category seats in the Municipal House (Obecní dům) and the Rudolfinum, is offered for

holders of a valid ISIC card, Student ID card or Student+ Česká spořitelna card

Senior discount

Concert-goers aged 60 or over can receive a 20% discount on tickets for all Prague Spring

Festival concerts, except for first and second category seats in the Municipal House (Obecní

dům) and the Rudolfinum

Additional discounts

Tickets may be purchased at the Prague Spring box office at the Rudolfinum, or may be

reserved via an e-mail sent to the address vstupenky@colosseum.eu (tickets can be picked up

at Prague Spring sales venues). Discounts cannot be claimed on-line.

Finals of the 2015 Prague Spring International Music Competition

Get a 20% discount with the purchase of tickets to both parts on one day

Chamber Music Weekend, from 22 to 25 May 2015

Purchase at least 3 tickets to 3 different concerts at the “Chamber Music Weekend”

at a 20% discount

Reduced admission for parents with children to the concert on 1 June 2015

at the Church of St Simon and St Jude

A 50% discount for families with children (maximum of 2 adults and 3 children)

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION ___________________________________________________________________________

Purchased tickets cannot be returned or exchanged

Lost tickets cannot be refunded

Any reselling of tickets to third parties or organizations for the purpose of their further

sale is in violations of terms and conditions and is forbidden

The Prague Spring reserves the right to change the programme and performers

Remaining tickets will be available at the concert venue one hour before

the performance starts

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