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The Makropulos Affair (Vec Makropulos)
The Makropulos Affair (Vec Makropulos)
Theater Tickets
Národní Divadlo (National Theatre)
Address
Národní Divadlo (National Theatre)
Narodni trida 2
Prague 1 11000 Czech Republic Booking from
Sat, 17th January 2009
Booking to
Sat, 21st February 2009
In 2008 we are commemorating the 80th anniversary of the death of Leoš Janáček, one of the most original personalities of European music and indisputably the Czech opera composer with the greatest world renown. Janáček’s penultimate opera, The Makropulos Affair (1926), is inspired by Karel Čapek’s play of the same name. The opera takes over the basic framework, characters and situations from Čapek’s famous “philosophical comedy” about the desire for immortality and the fear of it. Janáček’s independent input, so typical of him, is the foregrounding of erotic relationships and the story’s erotic atmosphere in general, as well as an immense empathising with the pivotal role of a woman, the famous singer Emilie Marty, who, despite all the cynicism accumulated during her immortal life, actually still longs for love, sense and fulfilment, and envies those mortals who can believe – perhaps naively – in these “ordinary things”. The Anglo-American production team is bolstered by the Czech conductor Tomáš Hanus, who already conducted The Makropulos Affair at Paris’s Opéra Bastille.
Co-production with the English National Opera TRAVELBy Tram: 9, 22, 23, 17 or 18 all go directly to the National Theatre By metro: Metro B to Národní třída 20 min walk from centre (Old Town Hall) Dress code: Guests are encouraged to dress smartly. A jacket & tie is not strictly necessary, but we would advise against wearing jeans and trainers. |
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