Concert

Matinee – Song Recital IX

Bendl – Dvořák – Fibich – Kovařovic – Ostrčil – Picka

The Estates Theatre

Concert

Basic information

Venue

The Estates Theatre

Approximate running time

1 hour 15 minutes, no intermission

The audience will be seated on the stage of the Estates Theatre.

National Theatre Opera and the State Opera present an exceptional musical programme of song recitals. This unique song cycle brings together important musical gems of Czech and international composers performed by outstanding opera soloists on the stage of the Estates Theatre.

Cast

2024-2025

Creatives

Dramaturgy

Beno BlachutZdeněk Klauda

Six song recitals in the 2024/2025 season will increase the diversity of the National Theatre Opera's repertoire. The morning concerts on the stage of the Estates Theatre will follow the successful recitals in 2023/2024 season, during which we tested not only the acoustic possibilities of the space usually reserved for performers. Close proximity of performers and audience allows for an intense reciprocal experience of the recited pieces and an extraordinary experience enhanced by the venue itself – an otherwise hidden setting of the theatre stage and the surroundings of Old Prague itself.

Programme:

Dramaturgical introduction

Karel Bendl: Cypřiše | Cypresses, op. 32 (Y. Kinjo)
- Vy vroucí písně
- V té sladké moci očí Tvých
- V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest
- Ó, duše drahá, jedinká
- Ó, byl to krásný, zlatý sen
- Ó, zlatá růže spanilá

Karel Kovařovic: Jarní květy | Spring Blossoms, op. 8 (R. Martinec)
- Tys poupě něžné krásy
- Ty hvězdičky tam na nebi
- Anička dušička
- Tak často mě to připadá
- Celý vesmír odpočívá

Zdeněk Fibich: Patero zpěvů | Five songs (J. Sýkorová)
- Tak mne kouzlem ondy jala, text: František Ladislav Čelakovský
- Kdyby všecky slzičky, text: František Ladislav Čelakovský
- Róže, text: Rukopis královédvorský
-Na nebi měsíc s hvězdami, text: Vítězslav Hálek
- Tak často mi to připadá, text: Vítězslav Hálek

Otakar Ostrčil: Labutě tesknily, text: Jan z Wojkowitz (R. Martinec)
Otakar Ostrčil: Jarní noc, text: Otokar Březina (J. Sýkorová)

František Picka: Písně | Songs, op. 5, text: Josef Václav Sládek,
- Úsměvy (Y. Kinjo)
- Já v snách tě viděl (R. Martinec)
- Až přejde den (J. Sýkorová)

Antonín Dvořák: Moravské dvojzpěvy | Moravian Duets, op. 32, Život vojenský (Y. Kinjo, J. Sýkorová)

Where to buy tickets

The National Theatre sells tickets up to 6 months in advance. We are currently selling tickets for performances of Drama, Ballet, Opera and Laterna magika taking place in December 2024 – May 2025.

When purchasing online, you can get an e-ticket. You can pick up printed tickets in person at the box offices of the National Theatre.

What to wear?

By their appearance, attire and behaviour, the audience is obliged to adhere to the accustomed practice expected from them when attending a theatre performance.

Parking at the Estates Theatre

Unfortunately, there is no parking near The Estates Theater. You can use the guarded parking lot in the Kotva shopping center (Revoluční 1/655, Prague 1) and Paladium (Na Poříčí 1079 / 3a, Prague 1).