Smetana's Litomysl Opera Festival Program 17 June - 4 July 2005

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Friday 17 June 2005, 20:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
CEREMONIAL OPENING CONCERT
Bedrich Smetana: Vysehrad / Hector Berlioz: Summer Night Songs, op. 7 /
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no. 7 A dur, op. 92
Performed by: Annely Peebo - mezzosoprano, Czech National Symphonic Orchestra
Conductor: Libor Pesek

Saturday 18 June, 15:00 o'clock, Litomysl - the Smetana Hall
ENSEMBLE PHILIDOR (France)
W. A. Mozart "Grand Partita", K. 361 with a poem by Jaroslav Seifert "Mozart in Prague" recitation
Performed by: Marek Eben - recitation, Ensemble Philidor
Artistic leader: Eric Baude

Saturday 18 June 2005, 20:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
JAZZ INSPIRATIONS
George Gershwin: PORGY AND BESS
Opera in three acts - a concert version. Edited and arranged by Frantisek Preisler.
Performed by: vocal soloists, Jan Kanyza, Academic Ensemble Zerotin, Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra Olomouc
Conductor: Frantisek Preisler

Sunday 19 June 2005, 10:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - the Baroque Castle Theatre
JANACEK PRIVATE I.
Leos Janacek: 1st and 2nd String Quartet, selection from a correspondence between Leos Janacek and Kamila Stosslova
Performed by: Jitka Molavcova, Alfred Strejcek, Janacek Quartet

Sunday 19 June 2005, 16:00 o'clock, Litomysl - Smetana Hall
BONI PUERI
A concert of the popular Czech boys choir including scenic performance of the opera for children "Brundibar" by Hans Krasa with a piano accompaniment
Performed by: Czech Boys Choir
Director: Karel Brozek
Conductor: Pavel Horak

Sunday 19 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Pardubice - the House of Music (Josef Suk Hall)
OFF-SITE CONCERT: ENSEMBLE PHILIDOR (France)
W. A. Mozart "Grand Partita", K. 361 with a poem by Jaroslav Seifert "Mozart in Prague" recitation
Performed by: Marek Eben - recitation, Ensemble Philidor

Monday 20 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - the Baroque Castle Theatre
JANACEK PRIVATE II.
Leos Janacek: Folk Poetry of Hukvaldy Songs (selection) / The Diary of One Who Disappeared
Performed by: Leo Marian Vodicka - tenor, Eva Garajova - mezzo-soprano, Frantisek Preisler - piano

Tuesday 21 June 2005, 17:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
PITTSBURGH YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (USA)
J. S. Bach / L. Stokowski: Toccata a fuga d moll, Op. 525
Leonard Bernstein: In the Waterfront
Cladue Debussy: Prélude á l'aprés-midi d'un faune
Modest P. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (selection)
Performed by: Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Daniel Meyer

Wednesday 22 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl - the Church of the Raising of the Holy Cross
CHURCH CONCERT
Antonin Dvorak: Mass in D Major, op. 86 (original version with an organ accompaniment)
Petr Eben: Sacred Signs (oratorium for soli, children and mixed choir, a brass and an organ)
Performed by: vocal soloists, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Kuhn Children Choir, Ales Barta - organ
Conductor: Jaroslav Brych

Thursday 23 June 2005, 21:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
Bedrich Smetana: THE BARTERED BRIDE
Performed by: National Theatre Prague - Opera Ensemble
Director: Jiri Nekvasil
Conductor: Oliver Dohnanyi

Friday 24 June 2005, 21:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
Giuseppe Verdi: LA TRAVIATA
Performed by: National Theatre Prague - Opera Ensemble
Director: Jana Kalisova
Conductor: Oliver Dohnanyi

Saturday 25 June 2005, 21:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
Petr Iljic Cajkovskij: SWAN LAKE
Performed by: National Theatre Prague - Ballet Ensemble and Orchestra
Director: Vlastimil Harapes
Conductor: Sergej Poluektov

Sunday 26 June 2005, 17:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Dmitrij Sostakovic: Symphony no. 7 "Leningrad"
Petr Iljic Cajkovskij: Concert for Violin and Orchestra D dur
Performed by: Bohuslav Matousek - violin, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Vladimir Valek

Sunday 26 June 2005, 21:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - the Castle Audience Hall
J. S. BACH "GOLDBERG'S VARIATIONS"
A complete performance of Bach's cycle for cembalo solo, op. 988
Performed by: Monika Knoblochova - cemballo

Monday 27 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
JOZEF SKRZEK AND SBS - ON THE EDGES OF STYLES II.
A concert of the legendary art-rock group.
Performed by: Jozef Skrzek (Poland) - piano, keyboard and vocal, Apostolis Antymos - guitars, Paul Wertico - drums

Tuesday 28 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
CONCILIATION
Jiri Pavlica: Oratorium Conciliation / Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Performed by: Eva Drizgova, Veronika Hajnova, Petr Levicek, Richard Novak, Kühn's Mixed Choir, Prague Chamber Philharmony
Conductor: Tomas Hanus

Wednesday 29 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl - the Piarist Church
Ronald Harwood: TAKING SIDES
A drama by an important British playwriter returns to the theme of collaboration with power.
Performed by: Czech Chamber Philharmonia and Vychodoceske divadlo Pardubice
Director: Michael Tarant

Thursday 30 June 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
CONCERT BY POPULAR REQUEST WITH PAVEL SPORCL
M.I.Glinka: Spanish Overture No.1, capriccio brillante on the "Jota aragonesa"
Maurice Ravel: Bolero
Pablo de Saraste: Carmen - Phantasy, Op. 25
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Concert for Violin and Orchestra in e minor, Op.64
Performed by: Pavel Sporcl - violin, Hradec Kralove Philharmony
Conductor: Ondrej Kukal

Friday 1 July 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
Richard Wagner: TANNHÄUSER
A concert version of a romantic opera.
Performed by: Wolfgang Millgramm, Eva Urbanova, Ivan Kusnjer, Iveta Matyasova and other soloists, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Czech Radio Symphonic Orchestra
Conductor: Ondrej Lenard

Saturday 2 July 2005, 15:00 o'clock, Moravska Trebova - the Muzeum Hall
OFF-SITE CONCERT
Sylvie Bodorova: Mysterium Druidum / F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Octet Es Dur /
J. S. Bach - S. Bodorova: the Art of a Fugue
Performed by: Katerina Englichova - harp, Wihan‘s Quartet, Prazak's Quartet

Saturday 2 July 2005, 20:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
GALACONCERT - SOLO FOR BARYTONE
B. Smetana / W. A. Mozart / G. Verdi /G. Donizetti / G. Puccini / R. Leoncavallo
Performed by: Ivan Kusnjer, Vladimir Chmelo, Roman Janal, Grand Orchestra of Zofin Palace
Conductor: Frantisek Preisler

Sunday 3 July 2005, 10:15 o'clock, Litomysl - the Piarist Church
HOLY MASS
V. A. Michna z Otradovic: St. Wenceslas Mass
Celebrated by ThDr. Tomas Halik

Sunday 3 July 2005, 18:00 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
Ludwig van Beethoven: MISSA SOLEMNIS, op. 123
Performed by: Simona Saturova - soprano, Karla Bytnarova - mezzo/soprano, Tomas Cerny - tenor, Gustav Belacek - bass, Czech Philharmonic Choir, State Philharmony Brno
Conductor: Georg Schmohe

Monday 4 July 2005, 19:30 o'clock, Litomysl Castle - 2nd Castle Courtyard
CEREMONIAL CLOSING CONCERT
Antonin Dvorak: Nocturne in B major, Op. 40 / Petr Eben: Prague Nocturno / Gustav Mahler: The Song of the Earth
Performed by: Dagmar Peckova - mezzo-soprano, Herbert Lippert - tenor, Prague Chamber Philharmony
Conductor: Jiri Belohlavek

Smetana's Litomysl Opera Festival Program 17 - 27 June 2004