Smetana Gala

Gala Concert celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Bedřich Smetana’s Birth

Under the lead of Robert Jindra, Music Director of the National Theatre Prague Opera, Tomáš Netopil, who held the same position from 2009 to 2012, Jiří Rožeň and Rastislav Štúr we will be conveyed to the time when Bedřich Smetana shaped the Czech musical landscape and opera scene. Accompanied by the National Theatre Orchestra, one of the oldest orchestras in the Czech Republic, whose roots date back to the Provisional Theatre (Prozatimní divadlo), the outstanding soloists from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with the National Theatre Chorus, will take us through the world of Smetana’s compositions.

Detailed programme can be found here.

Tomáš will conduct the following pieces:

Dalibor
Act II, Jak je mi…, Milada: D. Burešová
Act II, Nebyl to on zas…, Dalibor: P. Černoch
Act II, Vem tento chudý dárek, …. Ó nevýslovné štěstí lásky,
Milada: D. Burešová, Dalibor: P. Černoch 

he Devil’s Wall
Act I, Scene 6, Jen jediná mě ženy krásná tvář, Vok: A. Plachetka
Act II, Scene 1, Kam prchnout…, Jarek: P. Černoch
Act II, Jen hajej, holátko…, Rarach: P. Kellner  
Act III, Scene 5, Tiše, kradmo, tiše, Chorus