THE ESTATES THEATRE

Considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's career. It's every parent's nightmare...the child you adore falls victim to an ...

Marysha kills Vávra with a poison poured into his coffee. Few among the audience do not know how the story of a girl married against ...

Cube is a new show within the successful LaternaLAB, a project that has primarily found inspiration in original Laterna magika productions, blending together film images ...

Patricia Racette won plaudits when she first sang the title role at the Met in 2010. Now she returns with Roberto Alagna and Aleksandrs Antonenko ...

A bitter comedy from the part of Great Britain that is so dangerously similar to our home … Or otherwise: there was once a father, ...

Woman as object, woman as subject, woman as woman. The production is the fruit of the collaboration between the National Theatre Drama company and the ...

A work by the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca (1898–1936) is returning to the National Theatre in Prague some half a century after ...

In this play by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hadar Galron, the mikveh - the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women go to purify themselves ...

The acclaimed film adaptation by Juraj Herz of the novel by Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994) only treats part of the literary work. The story of Karel ...

“We have no Molièresque humour, with the exception of a few of Klicpera’s comedies,” said the distinguished Czech theatre director and theoretician Jind?ich Honzl, thus ...

A bitter comedy from the part of Great Britain that is so dangerously similar to our home … Or otherwise: there was once a father, ...

Her Majesty Elizabeth II is the lead character of Peter Morgan’s play, centred on her weekly audiences given to Prime Ministers. It is in a ...

The Blue Bird as the desire for ephemeral, ungraspable happiness. An adventurous voyage towards the soul of the things and beings around us, the seeking ...

Far away, at the very bottom of the ocean, which no anchor can reach and no human eye can see, is the home of marine ...

Three sisters. Olga, Masha and Irina. The eldest is a teacher at a high school; the middle sister is unhappily married to the teacher Kulygin; ...

The acclaimed film adaptation by Juraj Herz of the novel by Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994) only treats part of the literary work. The story of Karel ...

The Blue Bird as the desire for ephemeral, ungraspable happiness. An adventurous voyage towards the soul of the things and beings around us, the seeking ...

A work by the Spanish poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca (1898–1936) is returning to the National Theatre in Prague some half a century after ...

Far away, at the very bottom of the ocean, which no anchor can reach and no human eye can see, is the home of marine ...

The most celebrated of all dramatists succeeded in depicting virtually all human passions and weaknesses. Othello is one of the Bard’s best-known tragedies. Venice is ...

“We have no Molièresque humour, with the exception of a few of Klicpera’s comedies,” said the distinguished Czech theatre director and theoretician Jind?ich Honzl, thus ...

One of the most frequently performed works of Gioachino Rossini, a master of the bel canto style, was premiered on 25 January 1817 at the ...

The acclaimed film adaptation by Juraj Herz of the novel by Ladislav Fuks (1923–1994) only treats part of the literary work. The story of Karel ...

The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s cultural history. The Estates Theatre is ...

The world-famous operatic adaptation of Beaumarchais’s “banned” theatre play originated in Vienna in 1786. Mozart chose the theme himself and asked the Italian poet Lorenzo ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final stage piece was intended for the common people visiting the Theater an der Wien, where it was premiered on 30 September ...

The Blue Bird as the desire for ephemeral, ungraspable happiness. An adventurous voyage towards the soul of the things and beings around us, the seeking ...

An opera about opera - thus can be briefly characterised Donizetti’s dramma giocoso Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Conventions and Inconveniences of the Stage), also ...

Her Majesty Elizabeth II is the lead character of Peter Morgan’s play, centred on her weekly audiences given to Prime Ministers. It is in a ...

All of you know her name, but be honest: When was the last time you actually read something by her? The femme fatale of Czech ...

“Thou shalt not renounce thy wife!” This is how F. F. Šamberk’s most frequently performed comedy, about a group of confirmed bachelors, could also be ...

Three sisters. Olga, Masha and Irina. The eldest is a teacher at a high school; the middle sister is unhappily married to the teacher Kulygin; ...

Ostrovsky’s black comedy has not lost any of its topicality. The story’s focal point is a dispute over a forest. Whereas for the wealthy landowner ...

In this play by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hadar Galron, the mikveh – the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women go to purify themselves ...

Choderlos de Laclos was a French army officer unable to satisfy his military ambitions. Hence, he began devoting to literature. He wrote a number of ...

Choderlos de Laclos was a French army officer unable to satisfy his military ambitions. Hence, he began devoting to literature. He wrote a number of ...

On a single stage, at a single moment, the characters (human and animal) from Kafka’s best-known works come to life. Amidst them appears the author ...

The world-famous operatic adaptation of Beaumarchais’s “banned” theatre play originated in Vienna in 1786. Mozart chose the theme himself and asked the Italian poet Lorenzo ...

The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s cultural history. The Estates Theatre is ...

The most celebrated of all dramatists succeeded in depicting virtually all human passions and weaknesses. Othello is one of the Bard’s best-known tragedies. Venice is ...

One of the most frequently performed works of Gioachino Rossini, a master of the bel canto style, was premiered on 25 January 1817 at the ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final stage piece was intended for the common people visiting the Theater an der Wien, where it was premiered on 30 September ...

Her Majesty Elizabeth II is the lead character of Peter Morgan’s play, centred on her weekly audiences given to Prime Ministers. It is in a ...

The singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), which marks the beginning of Mozart’s mature period, was commissioned by Emperor Joseph ...

All of you know her name, but be honest: When was the last time you actually read something by her? The femme fatale of Czech ...

Ostrovsky’s black comedy has not lost any of its topicality. The story’s focal point is a dispute over a forest. Whereas for the wealthy landowner ...

The Blue Bird as the desire for ephemeral, ungraspable happiness. An adventurous voyage towards the soul of the things and beings around us, the seeking ...

Così fan tutte is Mozart’s final and most intimate Italian comic opera. Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto, replete with irony and extremely unflattering to (not only) ...

Marius von Mayenburg wrote the play Der Stein to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It depicts Heidrun, her aged ...

“Thou shalt not renounce thy wife!” This is how F. F. Šamberk’s most frequently performed comedy, about a group of confirmed bachelors, could also be ...

Václav Havel wrote the absurdist comedy about the self-serving Hugo Pludek half a century ago. The play was first presented in 1963 at the Na ...

A gala concert on the day of the 260th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart will bring to the Estates Theatre a most ...

In this play by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hadar Galron, the mikveh – the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women go to purify themselves ...

Avarice, scheming, stupidity, pride and desire for social advancement are all themes that were topical at the time Moliere was writing his play, and they ...

The Good Soldier Švejk, the key novel of Czech literature and an ironic insight into war and its attendant absurdity, is creatively juxtaposed in this ...

Members of the National Theatre Orchestra play chamber compositions by J. D. Zelenka, J. S. Bach and Jaroslav Pelikán. One of Europe´s major centres of ...

The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s cultural history. The Estates Theatre is ...

Choderlos de Laclos was a French army officer unable to satisfy his military ambitions. Hence, he began devoting to literature. He wrote a number of ...

Così fan tutte is Mozart’s final and most intimate Italian comic opera. Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto, replete with irony and extremely unflattering to (not only) ...

Ostrovsky’s black comedy has not lost any of its topicality. The story’s focal point is a dispute over a forest. Whereas for the wealthy landowner ...

Marius von Mayenburg wrote the play Der Stein to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. It depicts Heidrun, her aged ...

Mozart’s penultimate work is perhaps also his most puzzling one. Tamino’s escape and unconsciousness open up the first act. When he is awoken with the ...

The world-famous operatic adaptation of Beaumarchais’s “banned” theatre play originated in Vienna in 1786. Mozart chose the theme himself and asked the Italian poet Lorenzo ...

“Thou shalt not renounce thy wife!” This is how F. F. Šamberk’s most frequently performed comedy, about a group of confirmed bachelors, could also be ...

The singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), which marks the beginning of Mozart’s mature period, was commissioned by Emperor Joseph ...

For sixty years, Queen Elizabeth II has met with each of her twelve Prime Ministers in a private weekly audience. The discussions are utterly secret, ...

Desire, disappointment, hope, anger – the feelings that accompany humans from the moment they start to realise that life is slipping through their fingers. We ...

Václav Havel wrote the absurdist comedy about the self-serving Hugo Pludek half a century ago. The play was first presented in 1963 at the Na ...

A timeless play about a hypocrite and manipulator who under the pretext of striving for absolute purity of soul and character engages in scheming, violence ...

The Good Soldier Švejk, the key novel of Czech literature and an ironic insight into war and its attendant absurdity, is creatively juxtaposed in this ...

Avarice, scheming, stupidity, pride and desire for social advancement are all themes that were topical at the time Moliere was writing his play, and they ...

In this play by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hadar Galron, the mikveh – the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women go to purify themselves ...

The mature musical works of Josef Myslive?ek (1737-1781) are rightly compared to the pieces his close friend and admirer W. A. Mozart wrote in his ...

Treplyov, an ambitious young dramatist and writer, tries to capture the attention of his mother, the actress Arkadina, and win the love of Nina Zarechnaya. ...

The classic French comedy has not aged at all. On his wedding day, the servant Figaro defends his beloved Susanna against the amorous advances of ...

The opera by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell was premiered in 1689 in Chelsea. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil’s The ...

Václav Havel wrote the absurdist comedy about the self-serving Hugo Pludek half a century ago. The play was first presented in 1963 at the Na ...

A timeless play about a hypocrite and manipulator who under the pretext of striving for absolute purity of soul and character engages in scheming, violence ...

The National Theatre Ballet does not neglect its youngest audience and decided to dedicate this performance to children. The choreographer Jan Kodet and the stage ...

The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s cultural history. The Estates Theatre is ...

Così fan tutte is Mozart’s final and most intimate Italian comic opera. Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto, replete with irony and extremely unflattering to (not only) ...

Alongside the coronation opera La clemenza di Tito, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is Mozart’s final stage work. In it, the composer returned to the ...

The world-famous operatic adaptation of Beaumarchais’s “banned” theatre play originated in Vienna in 1786. Mozart chose the theme himself and asked the Italian poet Lorenzo ...

Christoph Willibald Gluck, an acclaimed composer and influential reformer, whose youth and musical beginnings are linked with Bohemia and Prague, gained worldwide fame owing to ...

The Good Soldier Švejk, the key novel of Czech literature and an ironic insight into war and its attendant absurdity, is creatively juxtaposed in this ...

Desire, disappointment, hope, anger – the feelings that accompany humans from the moment they start to realise that life is slipping through their fingers. We ...

The singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), which marks the beginning of Mozart’s mature period, was commissioned by Emperor Joseph ...

Avarice, scheming, stupidity, pride and desire for social advancement are all themes that were topical at the time Moliere was writing his play, and they ...

Ostrovsky’s black comedy has lost none of its topicality. The story’s focal point is a dispute over a forest. Whereas for the wealthy landowner Raisa ...

In this play by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hadar Galron, the mikveh – the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women go to purify themselves ...

The sounds of the Holiday season are made even more beautiful when they are sung by the world-renowned Morgan State University Choir. Under the direction ...

The enigmatic femme fatale Emilia Marty turns the life of everyone she meets on its head. ?apek’s fantasy comedy with a mysterious, almost detective-story plot ...

A timeless comedy about timeless problems. Ivan Khlestakov arrives in a small provincial town and the local elite headed by the Mayor take him to ...

Treplyov, an ambitious young dramatist and writer, tries to capture the attention of his mother, the actress Arkadina, and win the love of Nina Zarechnaya. ...

A play about happiness and unhappiness. The father suddenly disappears. The whole of the large family assembles in the house in which they were born: ...

A cripple in politics – crippled politics. Afflicted by a lust for power, endowed with intellect, charm and capable of anything, Richard III is one ...

Desire, disappointment, hope, anger – the feelings that accompany humans from the moment they start to realise that life is slipping through their fingers. We ...

The opera Don Giovanni, the Estates Theatre and the long-standing Mozart tradition are among the greatest glories of Prague’s cultural history. The Estates Theatre is ...

In 1978 Juraj Herz shot two remarkable films with fairy-tale motifs: The Beauty and the Beast and The Ninth Heart. The latter is noted for ...

The world-famous operatic adaptation of Beaumarchais’s “banned” theatre play originated in Vienna in 1786. Mozart chose the theme himself and asked the Italian poet Lorenzo ...

The National Theatre Ballet does not neglect its youngest audience and decided to dedicate this performance to children. The choreographer Jan Kodet and the stage ...

Václav Havel wrote the absurdist comedy about the self-serving Hugo Pludek half a century ago. The play was first presented in 1963 at the Na ...

The classic French comedy has not aged at all. On his wedding day, the servant Figaro defends his beloved Susanna against the amorous advances of ...

Alongside the coronation opera La clemenza di Tito, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) is Mozart’s final stage work. In it, the composer returned to the ...

In this play by the contemporary Israeli playwright Hadar Galron, the mikveh – the ritual bath in which religious Jewish women go to purify themselves ...

Christoph Willibald Gluck, an acclaimed composer and influential reformer, whose youth and musical beginnings are linked with Bohemia and Prague, gained worldwide fame owing to ...

Enron – the word that became a symbol of a failure. It all became with Enron. A breakdown of this giant company in 2001 anticipated ...

A play about happiness and unhappiness. The father suddenly disappears. The whole of the large family assembles in the house in which they were born: ...

The mature musical works of Josef Myslive?ek (1737-1781) are rightly compared to the pieces his close friend and admirer W. A. Mozart wrote in his ...

The singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), which marks the beginning of Mozart’s mature period, was commissioned by Emperor Joseph ...

A cripple in politics – crippled politics. Afflicted by a lust for power, endowed with intellect, charm and capable of anything, Richard III is one ...

Orchestra and Chorus of the Czech National Opera...

Treplyov, an ambitious young dramatist and writer, tries to capture the attention of his mother, the actress Arkadina, and win the love of Nina Zarechnaya. ...

The enigmatic femme fatale Emilia Marty turns the life of everyone she meets on its head. ?apek’s fantasy comedy with a mysterious, almost detective-story plot ...