The Kiss
Bedřich Smetana
“A full sister of The Bartered Bride.” That is how one of the most popular operas by the famous Czech composer could be characterised. more
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Selection from premiers
A German Requiem
Johannes Brahms / Francesco Annarumma
A renowned oratorio where death is separation but also access to unpredictable communication with the sources of being and infinity more
DEVIL'S WALL
Bedřich Smetana
A comic and romantic opera with timeless music by Bedřich Smetana. more
PHARAOH'S CURSE
Vojtěch Frank / Jakub Hojka
What can opera as a genre endure? And what would an opera about plundering the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun look like? Is it possible to look for comedy in this story? more
Selection from repertoir
About us
In the opera programme of recent seasons, we can find several dramaturgical lines that can blend together. It is primarily the line of opera evergreens, which were or are represented by titles such as Eugene Onegin, Madama Butterfly, Rusalka, Nabucco and Carmen. Then there is the line of neglected works of the romantic repertory – Macbeth, Hamlet, The Bride of Messina, Iris and The Cunning Peasant, in which we could also highlight the presentation of the unfairly neglected Czech opera The Bride of Messina and The Cunning Peasant. The third line includes works from the pre-romantic repertory, which are usually not found in the regular repertory of domestic opera venues, such as Cherubini’s Medea, Monteverdi's operas Orfeo and The Coronation of Poppea and Mozart's Idomeneo, rarely performed in our country. Another line is the production of contemporary opera, which is not manifested in the presentation of successful operas by international authors, but of works of our contemporary composers. These include Kubička's Jakub Jan Ryba and Jirásek's Beetles or Bodorová's Quo Vadis. Last but not least, this includes the presentation of classic operettas - The Bat or the immortal Merry Widow. The opera company also focuses on the youngest audience, seeing it as the future spectator base. At the Black Box, they prepared and performed for them: Puss in Boots, Papageno in the Enchanted Forest, About Rusalka, The Bartered Bride and The Chattering Slug.
In addition to opera productions, the opera company also presents a number of different concerts and popular Sunday Matinées in the Vendelín Budil Foyer of the Grand Theatre and regularly ends the season with a spectacular open-air Night with the Opera at the Lochotín Amphitheatre. The opera company also tours around the Czech Republic and abroad and participates in the most prestigious opera festivals.
