June 2012 International Diary
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Czech Republic
- 2 June 2012 | 8.00pm
[earlier perfs Oct, Nov 2011/Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr & May 2012]
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Tomáš Netopil or Zybněk Müller (conductor)
• Dvořák: The Jacobin (Jakobín), Op 84 (B 200)
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 4 & 12 June 2012 | 6.30pm
National Moravian-Silesian Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Robert Jindra (conductor)
• Dvořák: Armida – opera in 4 acts
Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Smetanaova náměstí 3104/8A, Ostrava
| Box Office tel: +420 596 276 203 & +420 596 276 242 | >> www.ndm.cz - 7 & 8 June 2012 | 7.30pm
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, Kühn Children’s Choir, Samuel Pisar (narrator), Pavla Vykopalová (soprano), Eliahu Inbal (conductor)
• Ravel: Shéhérazade, song cycle
• Bernstein: Symphony No 3 “Kaddish” for narrator, soprano, mixed choir, boys choir & orchestra
Dvořák Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague
| Ticket Office: +420 227 059 227 | >> www.ceskafilharmonie.cz - 13 & 16 June 2012 | 7.30pm
Prague Symphony Orchestra (FOK), Stanislav Penk (trombone), Kazuki Yamada (conductor)
• Debussy: Prélude à L’Après-midi d’un faune
• Juraj Filas: “Don Quixote, or A Self-Portrait” Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, symphonic suite, Op 35
Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague
Ticket Office: 222 002 336 | >> www.fok.cz - 14 June 2012 | 7.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Tomáš Netopil or Robert Jindra (conductor)
• Janáček: Káťa Kabanová
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 15 June 2012 | 7.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Tomáš Netopil or Zybněk Müller (conductor)
• Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 B203
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 22, 23 & 24 June 2012 | 7.00pm/22nd, 4.00pm/23rd, 5.00pm/24th
Janáček Opera Orchestra, soloists incl Tereza Merklová Kyzlinková, Jakub Klecker (conductor)
• Martinů: The Marriage / Ženitba – comic opera in 2 acts (H 341)
Reduta Theatre, Zelný trh 313/4, Brno
| Box Office tel: +420 542 158 286 | >> www.ndbrno.cz - 26 June 2012 | 7.00pm
Prague State Opera Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, František Drs or Jiří Štrunc (conductor)
• Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 B203 – lyric fairy tale in 3 acts
State Opera (Státní opera), Wilsonova 101/4, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 227 266 | >> www.opera.cz
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United States of America
- 7, 9 & 10 June 2012 | 7.30pm/7th, 8.00pm/9th, 2.00pm/10th
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos (conductor), Leonidas Kavakos (violin)
• Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op 20
• Korngold: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op 35
• Turina: Danzas fantásticas, Op 22
• Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol
Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Seattle
| Ticket Office tel: 206.215.4747 | >> www.seattlesymphony.org - 13 June 2012 | 7.30pm
[Note: free admission to open rehearsals 12 June (11:00am – 1:30pm & 3:00pm – 5:30pm) and 13 June (11:00am – 1:30pm)]
Grant Park Music Festival
Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar (conductor), Alban Gerhardt (cello)
• Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance No 1
• Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85
• Dvořák: Symphony No 8 in G Major, Op 88 (B 163)
Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, 201 E Randolph Street, between Michigan Ave and Columbus Ave, Chicago IL 60602
| >> www.grantparkmusicfestival.com
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