140th anniversary of Antonín Dvořák's The Spectre's Bride

External Organiser
Smetana Hall Municipal House
square Republiky 5, Praha 1 - Staré Město

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CZK 300–1,400

Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno

soloists: Veronika RovnáRoman JanálRichard Samek

Antonín Dvořák
The Spectre's Bride
Partner
Rok české hudby

The Czech Society has declared 2024 the Year of Czech Music, which marks a number of important anniversaries of our leading composers and performers, in particular the 200th anniversary of the birth of Bedřich Smetana and the 120th anniversary of the death of Antonín Dvořák.

This gala concert is a celebration not only of the Year of Czech Music and the aforementioned Antonín Dvořák, but especially of his phenomenal work, Svatební košile (The Spectre’s Bride), which this year celebrates 140 years since it was written.

The work itself is one of the highlights of Dvořák’s oeuvre. It is a cantata for orchestra, mixed choir and soloists on the text of a ballad by Karel Jaromír Erben from the collection Kytice z pověstí národních (A Bouquet of Folk Legends), also known by the short title Kytice (Czech for bouquet). It is a very original composition with a strong story. Its monumentality has appealed to both the professional public and the general public for more than a century.

Patron
RSBC
General partner
Komerční banka
With support
Hl.město Praha
Ministerstvo kultury
Principal partner
Hyundai
General media partner
Česká televize
Partneři zvuku
Portu Gallery
Wood & Company
Partners
RENOMIA
Mozart Prague