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The theatrical costumes of Smetana's operas: Renewed beauty

The exhibition will give you a glimpse into the magical world of opera costumes and the secrets of restoration work.

1. 3. 2024 from 10.0h – 28. 2. 2025 do 17.0h | Bedřich Smetana Museum

Bedřich Smetana and Litomyšl

The exhibition presents the composer's relationship to Litomyšl and the development of local musical traditions. It also includes an interactive accompanying programme and worksheets.

3. 3. 2024 from 09.0h – 15. 9. 2024 do 17.0h | Regional Museum in Litomyšl

Through the landscape of music

Art-photographs exhibition present places in the part of central Bohemia where personalities such as Bedřich Smetana, Josef Suk, Jan Dismas Zelenka, Gustav Mahler and others stayed. The photographs

2. 4. 2024 from 09.0h – 28. 10. 2024 do 16.0h | Castle Růžkovy Lhotice

PETROF 160 – Piano as a Technical Masterpiece

The exhibition was created on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the founding of the company, which is one of the leading European manufacturers of acoustic pianos and grand pianos.

10. 4. 2024 from 09.0h – 31. 1. 2025 do 18.0h | National Technical Museum

Bedřich Smetana and Jindřichův Hradec

The mini-exhibition prepared for the 200th anniversary of the birth of the important music composer Bedřich Smetana emphasizes the stay of little Bedřich in Jindřichův Hradec in the years 1831 - 1835.

1. 5. 2024 from 09.0h – 30. 9. 2024 do 16.0h | Jindřichův Hradec Museum

Year of Czech Music in Kralupy Region

The exhibition will introduce visitors to the legacy of Antonín Dvořák and Bedřich Smetana in the musical tradition of Kralupy nad Vltavou and its surroundings. We will also commemorate the music theorist Josef Srb Debrnov.

2. 5. 2024 from 16.30h – 8. 6. 2024 do 17.0h | Municipal museum in Kralupy nad Vltavou

Jiří Teml: Puss in Boots

Who is the most famous fairly-tale cat? The one in the boots indeed! Always charming, always ready to defeat a giant or rescue a princess, and he doesn’t mind the fact that he lives in Žižkov in Prague.

15. 5. 2024 from 10.0h | Theatre Reduta

Rapsodia Bohemica

The composed evening titled Rhapsodia Bohemica is a powerful fusion of musical styles of five important Czech composers, whose work inspired three significant choreographers of one generation.

15. 5. 2024 from 18.30h | Jiří Myron Theatre

Dalibor

A tragic opera based on the historical figure of the Bohemian knight Dalibor of Kozojed and especially the legends associated with him.

15. 5. 2024 from 18.30h | Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Svatojánský varhanní cyklus: Castle Guard Music Brass Quintet

The opening concert is held on the occasion of the feast of St. Jan of Nepomuck. The concert will havefestive character performed by the Brass Quintet of the Castle Guard. It will be complemented by Bach's Concerto G major.

15. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Church of Saint John of Nepomuk am Felsen

Bedřich Smetana: Prodaná nevěsta

How to sell a bride? Preferably through the production of director Ondřej Havelka.

15. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Janáček Theatre

Fekete Seretlek in Belgrade

The Czech-Slovak-Slovenian band Fekete Seretlek will dance at the Jewish Cultural Centre in Belgrade on 15 May.

15. 5. 2024 from 20.0h | Jevrejski kulturni centar

Under the Starry Sky

Classical and contemporary choral works reflecting the mysterious atmosphere at sunset and the endless depth of the starry sky. Works by B. Smetana, L. Janáček, A. Dvořák, J. Kvapil, J. Brahms, E. Elgar, V. Tormis and E. Whitacre.

15. 5. 2024 from 20.0h | The Museum of Applied Arts

Prague Spring — 75 Years of the Prague Spring Competition

Celebrate 75 years of the Prague Spring Competition with its famous laureates Pavel Haas Quartet, Gábor Boldoczki, Victor Julien-Laferrière, Johannes Grosso, Anna Paulová, Jan Hudeček, Kateřina Javůrková

15. 5. 2024 from 20.0h | Rudolfinum

Alinde Quintet at Newbury Spring Festival and Chiltern Arts

Alinde Quintet, soubor oceněný v roce 2023 na soutěži Carla Nielsena v Kodani a vycházející hvězda české komorní hudby, vystoupí s ryze českým programem na letošním Newbury Spring Festivalu a na festivalu Chiltern Arts.

16. 5. 2024 from 18.0h – 17. 5. 2024 do 14.30h | Church of St. Michael and All Angels High Wycombe

May concert of the guitar ensemble VŠEHOKUS or "Songs about love"

Songs and compositions known and less known. Romantic, tender, wistful, cheerful and joyful. About love for another person, spiritual love, for homeland and freedom, nature and beauty. Reservation: nemethova.marketa@gmail.com

16. 5. 2024 from 18.0h | Studio Setkávání

Concert of Czech Classical Music in Lviv

We cordially invite you to a classical music concert in Lviv on 16 May, featuring well-known compositions by Leoš Janáček, Bohuslav Martinů and Antonín Dvořák.

16. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Czech Centre Kyiv

Káta Kabanová

On 28 April, the opera company of the Silesian Theatre Opava will premiere the opera Káta Kabanová by Leoš Janáček to his own libretto based on the drama by Alexander Nikolajević Ostrovsky, translated by Vincenzo Cervinka.

16. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Silesian Theatre Opava

PULLING TOGETHER IS EASIER: Celebrated Duos of Czech Authors

A musical odyssey through the 20th century of Czech pop music, inspired by five iconic songwriting duos who have left an indelible mark on Czech musical heritage.

17. 5. 2024 from 09.0h | Municipal Theatre Jablonec nad Nisou

PULLING TOGETHER IS EASIER: Celebrated Duos of Czech Authors

A musical odyssey through the 20th century of Czech pop music, inspired by five iconic songwriting duos who have left an indelible mark on Czech musical heritage.

17. 5. 2024 from 11.0h | Municipal Theatre Jablonec nad Nisou

Czech Dreams: Duo Ardašev

The 5th year of the international project dedicated to the promotion of Czech music and European musical cooperation with an emphasis on the work of Bedřich Smetana. This time in Kaunas, Lithuania.

17. 5. 2024 from 15.0h | Kaunas 1st Music School

The Bartered Bride

The most popular Czech national opera and one of the best comic operas in the world repertoire returns to our stage after three years.

17. 5. 2024 from 18.30h | Antonín Dvořák Theatre

M. D. Rettig Gastronomic Festival

Come and taste not only Litomyšl at the festival of good food and drink! This year's theme is "cream" (in Czech = Smetana) in the kitchen!

18. 5. 2024 from 09.0h – 19. 5. 2024 do 18.0h | Toulcovo náměstí

Setkání pěveckých sborů Plzeňského a Karlovarského kraje

On Saturday, 18 May 2024, the XVIth annual meeting of choirs of the Pilsen and Karlovy Vary regions, which are members of the West Bohemian region of the Union of Czech Choirs, will take place in Klatovy.

18. 5. 2024 from 10.0h | Klatovy

The Bartered Bride

A theatrical version of Smetana's world-famous comic opera with all its most famous arias and in an original musical arrangement by composer Ivan Acher.

14. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Pod Palmovkou Theatre

Czech Song

The concert is dedicated to the celebration of the Year of Czech Music. The Litomyšl Symphony Orchestra will play a selection of vocal and orchestral works by Czech composers Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák and David Lukáš.

14. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Smetana House

The Kiss

“A full sister of The Bartered Bride.” That is how one of the most popular operas by the famous Czech composer could be characterised.

14. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | The Grand Theatre

The Bartered Bride - workshop for groups

Operní dílna na téma opery Prodaná nevěsta (Bedřich Smetana)

13. 5. 2024 from 08.30h | The National Theatre

A musical program for the presentation of books about the Moravian Church

Presentation of new books by historian Edita Štěříková - Mon 13/5/2024, 1 p.m. - Milíč Chapel in Prague

13. 5. 2024 from 13.0h | Milíč Chapel - Rektorská 715/54, Praha 10

Manuscript under scrutiny: Dvořák's ouverture In Nature's Realm, Op. 91, B168

Lecture by David Beveridge, an excellent specialist on Dvořák's music. You can view the manuscript of the prelude In nature in the original from May 2 to June 2, 2024 at the exhibition in the Dvořák Museum.

13. 5. 2024 from 17.0h | Antonín Dvořák Museum

Martinů Fest Policka

Concert - harp and opera singing Kateřina Kněžíková - soprano Kateřina Englichová - harp

13. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Tylův dům Polička

Smetanovo trio

Brahms's Second Piano Concerto and Dvořák's Golden Wheel in the programme of the JFO's final concert, conducted for the last time by Vassily Sinaisky. The soloist in the Brahms work will be the acclaimed Israeli pianist Boris Gilt

13. 5. 2024 from 19.0h | Kino Vesmír

Prague Spring — Opening Concert I.

A concert that will go down in the history of the Prague Spring: opening with Smetana's My Country performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under the baton of its chief conductor Kirill Petrenko.

13. 5. 2024 from 20.0h | Municipal House — Smetana Hall

Outdoor Game

An outdoor game prepared by the students is used to gain a deeper understanding of music history. Their aim is to prepare the young generation's view of the personalities of the year of Czech music and their life stories connected

12. 5. 2024 from 14.0h | The Grammar School Štěpánská

Libuše

Smetana originally composed the work for the coronation of Emperor Franz Joseph I as King of Bohemia, but after the coronation did not take place, he decided to dedicate its premiere to another festive event of national importance

12. 5. 2024 from 15.0h | Jiří Myron Theatre

Her Country

Horn Fest Prague is a unique festival whose program is united by one instrument, namely the French horn. It was founded in 2020 on the initiative of the globally recognized Czech horn player and conductor Radek Baborák.

12. 5. 2024 from 16.0h | Pisecka gate

Rusalka/Bartered Bride

A concert composed of the most famous melodies from two of the most famous Czech operas, Dvořák's Rusalka and Smetana's The Bartered Bride.

12. 5. 2024 from 16.0h | Skuteč Culture House

With Respect to Smetana

The Kateřinky area is the historical place where Bedřich Smetana left this world two hundred years ago.

12. 5. 2024 from 16.0h | Church of Saint Catherine

Berliner Philharmoniker on Kampa

Live broadcast of the opening of the Prague Spring Festival in Kampa, open to all. Smetana's My Fatherland performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under its chief conductor Kirill Petrenko.

12. 5. 2024 from 16.0h | Kampa Island

Smetanovy Jabkenice 2024 - ORGAN CONCERT IN PODĚBRADY

Tribute to B. Smetana Organ concert as part of the Opening of the spa season in the Havířský church in Poděbrady. Organ: Varhan O. Bauer, soprano: Jana Ryklová and Sabina Müllerová, interpretation into sign language: Hands Dance

12. 5. 2024 from 17.0h | Havířský church Poděbrady

Prague Spring — Opening Concert I.

What better way to celebrate the Year of Czech Music and the bicentenary of Bedřich Smetana's birth than with a performance of My Country by the Berlin Philharmonic under its chief conductor Kirill Petrenko.

12. 5. 2024 from 20.0h | Municipal House — Smetana Hall

Let Us Dance - final round

Amateur dancers competition final round - Let Us Dance

11. 5. 2024 from 00.0h | Archa Theatre

Opera is Fun! Bedřich Smetana

A cycle of entertainment and educational programmes for children and parents.

11. 5. 2024 from 11.0h | The Estates Theatre

Smetanovy Jabkenice 2024 - Opening ceremony

The 103rd year of the oldest music festival to honor the memory of our national composer. Smetanovy Jabkenice 2024 - a music festival for the hearing and deaf is artistically interpreted into sign language.

11. 5. 2024 from 13.0h | Bedřich Smetana Memorial

The Smetana Train to Ostrava for the Opera

Na květnové uvedení Smetanovského operního cyklu Ostrava 2024 budou vypraveny speciální Smetanovské vlaky! Buďte u toho s námi! Mimořádné spojení mezi Prahou a Ostravou pojede hned čtyřikrát.

11. 5. 2024 from 13.19h | Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Leoš Janáček: Glagolitic Mass / From the House of the Dead

A unique combination of the two works was created, where the scenic form of the Glagolitic Mass as a continuation of the opera From the Dead House gives both works a new statement about the power of faith in man.

11. 5. 2024 from 18.0h | Janáček Theatre

The Devil's Wall

Romantic exuberance, comedy, the intimate sensitivity of arias and duets, the sophistication of musical ensembles, choral scenes and dissonance, and a brevity that anticipates the world of the next 20th century music.

11. 5. 2024 from 18.30h | Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Martinů Fest Policka

Opening concert Martinu Fest 2024- Prague Chamber Ballet

10. 5. 2024 from 18.0h | Tylův dům Polička

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