The new production of Antonín Dvořák’s most famous opera, which premieres this Friday, March 8, at Prague’s National Theater wants to emphasize the deeper level of the story and focus on the psychological development of the heroine. Rusalka, directed by the creative duo Skutr, also focuses on the clash between the human world and the … Read more
When Sir Simon Rattle was young, he played Slavonic Dances by Antonín Dvořák with his father on the piano. “They were instrumental in my decision to pursue music,” he says. Next time he will perform them in Prague as the main guest conductor of the Czech Philharmonic. One of the world’s most famous musicians, whose … Read more
“Very few orchestras manage to play such a great concert on New Year’s Day,” emphasized district bandmaster Josef Pleil at the New Year’s concert of the youth costume band of the wine town of Poysdorf and the music association of Poysdorf and the surrounding area on Monday. The youth band, led by bandmaster Roman Schreiber, … Read more
Antonín Dvořák loved nature. “In the most beautiful forest I spend the most wonderful days in beautiful weather and I am constantly admiring the enchanting birdsong,” he wrote in 1884 from his summer residence in Vysoké u Příbram. Eight years later, he reported from New York that nature needed “its diminuendo and morendo to revive … Read more
The Czech Philharmonic will start its season with three concerts from next Wednesday, September 27 to Friday, September 29 at the Rudolfinum in Prague. Under the direction of chief conductor Semjon Byčkov, this time he will exclusively play the works of Antonín Dvořák: the Prelude to Nature, the Violin Concerto in A minor and the … Read more
With the music of Josef Suk and Antonín Dvořák, the PKF – Prague Philharmonia started its jubilee 30th season this Wednesday in a packed Rudolfinum in Prague. It was led by chief conductor Emmanuel Villaume, the soloist in the second half of the evening was cellist Jan Vogler. The German artist presented himself with a … Read more
Pianist Ivo Kahánek is looking forward to the “specific energy” of the renowned Zurich Tonhalle orchestra, with whom he will perform this Friday, September 8, at the Prague Dvořák Festival. The renowned Swiss ensemble will accompany him during Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3. In it, the famous composer probably expressed his defiance towards … Read more
Composers Antonín Dvořák and Johannes Brahms will be commemorated at this year’s Dvořák Prague festival, which will take place in the Rudolfinum from September 7 to 25. The work of the famous Czech author and his German colleague, whose birth has passed 100 years this year, will be connected on September 13 by a concert … Read more
Dalibor, the last premiere of the season at the Moravian-Silesian National Theater, is set to captivate audiences with its powerful story and beautiful music. The opera, composed by Bedřich Smetana, tells the tale of Czech knight Dalibor of Kozojed, who seeks revenge for the murder of his friend by storming a castle. However, his actions … Read more
Unusually, the heroine of the new production of Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák, which was presented by the Netherlands National Opera at the end of last week, is not a fairy, but a prostitute. And she falls in love with an actor from the silver screen, whom Ježibaba helps her charm with plastic surgery. In the … Read more