May 2012 International Diary
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Czech Republic
- 2 & 16 May 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 - 3, 5, 12 & 16 May 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 - 8 May 2012 | 7.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Tomáš Netopil (conductor)
• Smetana: Libuše – opera in 3 acts
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 10 & 26 May 2012 | 7.00pm/10th, 5.00pn/26th
Janáček Opera Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Jaroslav Kyzlink or Ondrej Olos (conductor)
• Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 B203 – lyric fairy tale in 3 acts
Janáček Theatre, Rooseveltova 1-7, Brno
| Box Office tel: +420 542 158 286 | >> www.ndbrno.cz - 11 May 2012 | 7.30pm (check before booking)
Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Ivan Ženatý (violin), Jiří Starek (conductor)
• Fibich: The Tempest / Bouře – symphonic poem, Op 46
• Foerster: Violin Concerto in C minor, Op 38
• Janáček: Sinfonietta
Municipal Theatre, Divadelní náměstí 21, Karlovy Vary
>> kso.kso.cz>> www.karlovarske-divadlo.cz - Prague Spring Festival
12 May 2012 | 8.00pm
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)
• Smetana: Má vlast (My Country)
Smetana Hall, Municipal House (Obecní dům), Prague
| Ticket Information tel: (+420) 257 310 414 | >> www.festival.cz/en - 12 & 13 May 2012 | 8.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Tomáš Netopil or Robert Jindra (conductor)
• Janáček: Káťa Kabanová – opera in 3 acts
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 13 May 2012 | 7.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, soloists, Jakub Hrůša or Zybněk Müller (conductor)
• Dvořák: Rusalka, Op 114 B203 – lyric fairy tale in 3 acts
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - Prague Spring Festival
14 May 2012 | 8.00pm
Agon Orchestra, Petr Kofroň (conductor)
A Tribute to John Cage
• music by Ivan Acher, John Cage, Brian Eno, Petr Kofroň,
David Lang, Michal Nejtek and Frank Zappa
National Technical Museum, Kostelní 42, Prague
| Ticket Information tel: (+420) 257 310 414 | >> www.festival.cz/en - 14 May 2012 | 7.00pm
[earlier perfs Oct, Nov 2011/Jan & Feb, Mar & Apr 2012: later perf June 2012]
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, Tomáš Netopil or Zybněk Müller (conductor)
• Dvořák: The Jacobin / Jakobín, Op 84 B200 – opera in 3 acts
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 18 May 2012 | 6.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Eva Urbanova (Kundry), Alfons Eberz (Parsifal), Tomasz Konieczny (Amfortas), Svatopluk Sem (Klingsor), John Fiore (conductor)
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 19 May 2012 | 7.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, Ondrej Lenárd or David Švec (conductor)
• Smetana: “The Bartered Bride / Prodaná nevěsta” –comic opera in 3 acts
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz - 25 May 2012 | 7.00pm
National Theatre Orchestra & Chorus, Zybněk Müller or Robert Jindra (conductor)
• Britten: Gloriana – opera in 3 acts
National Theatre (Národní divadlo), Ostrovní 1, Prague
| Ticket Office tel: +420 224 901 448 | >> www.narodni-divadlo.cz
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Germany
- 2, & 17 May 2012 | 7.00pm
[also March & April 2012]
Saxon State Opera Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Christoph Pohl (Švanda), Marjorie Owens (Dorotka), Constantin Trinks (conductor)
• Jaromír Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper / Švanda dudák – opera
in 2 acts sung in Czech with German surtitles
Semperoper, Theaterplatz, Dresden
| Ticket Office tel: +49 351 4911705 | >> www.semperoper.de - 12 & 13 May 2012 | 8.00pm
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sebastian Weigle (conductor)
• Mahler: Symphony No 5 in C-sharp minor
Großer Saal, Konzerthaus, Charlottenstraße, Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin
>> www.konzerthaus.de - 13 May 2012 | 8.00pm
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ľuba Orgonášová (soprano), Hélène Grimaud (piano), Ricardo Chailly (conductor)
• Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major
• Mahler: Symphony No 4 in G Major
Philharmonie, Cologne
| Ticket Office tel: +49 221 280 280 | >> www.koelner-philharmonie.de - 18 May 2012 | Moritzburg Festival/Meisterkonzerte | 8.00pm
Pavel Haas Quartet
• Smetana: String Quartet No 1 in E minor “From My Life”
• Pavel Haas: String Quartet No 1 in C-sharp minor, Op 3
• Schubert: String Quartet No 14 in D minor, D810 “Death and the Maiden”
Kronensaal, Schloß Albrechtsberg, Loschwitz, Dresden
>> www.moritzburgfestival.de - 19 & 20 May 2012 | 7.00pm
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Marek Janowski (conductor), Alina Ibragimova (violin)
• Dvořák: Serenade in D minor, Op 44 (B 77) for wind instruments
• Schubert: Rondo for violin and strings (D 438)
• Suk: Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op 6
Schlüterhoff, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Unter den Linden, Berlin
>> www.rsb-online.de
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United States of America
- 1, 5, 8 & 11 May 2012 | 8.30pm (12.30pm on 5th)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Jiří Bělohlávek (conductor), Karita Mattila (Emilia Marty)
• Janáček: The Makropulos Case (Věc Makropulos)
Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, New York
| Ticket Office tel: 212-362-6000 | >> www.metoperafamily.org
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