Ball im Savoy
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The operetta tells a “crazy” story full of funny conspiracies, confusion and romantic tension, with the main plot built around a fidelity test a newlywed couple have been put to. They have just returned home from their honeymoon and it seems that nothing can threaten their happy future. But on the very day of their return, the newlywed Marquis Aristide receives a letter from a certain “Prefect of Nancy”. And problems in the paradise seem to come up: the real writer of the letter is the sexy dancer Tangolita, Aristide´s former lover, who requires to meet him at the ball at the Savoy Hotel. And the Marquis decides to attend the ball…
Composer Paul Abraham has used a mix of European jazz, Hungarian czardas, tango, klezmer and classic Viennese operetta to conjure up an utterly carefree world in which one hit follows another, and, as in any good operetta, there are sopranos singing to the heavens and magical love duets. There are also musical or revue-like acts a la Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, in short, an absolute relax!
State Opera Chorus
State Opera Orchestra
National Theatre Opera Ballet
Program and cast
Conductor: Anna Novotná Pešková
Madeleine de Faublas: Vanda Šípová
Marquis Aristide de Faublas: Jiří Hájek
Daisy Parker alias José Pasodoble: Lucie Hájková
Mustafa Bej: Tomáš Kořínek
Tangolita: Adéla Abdul Khaleg
Archibald: Richard Haan
Célestin Formant, lawyer: Jakub Svojanovský
Owner of a fashion house: Zbyněk Šporc
Creatives
Libretto - Alfred Grünwald; Fritz Löhner-Beda
Czech translation of lyrics and Czech dialogues - Vlasta Reittererová
Stage director - Martin Čičvák
Set design - Hans Hoffer
Costume design - Georges Vafias
Light design - Jan Dörner
Choreography - Laco Cmorej; Silvia Beláková
Dramaturgy - Jitka Slavíková
Video projection - Michael Hoffer
Chorus master - Adolf Melichar
Approximate running time: 3 hours, 1 intermission (30 minutes) minutes
Language: In Czech, surtitles in Czech, English
Prague State Opera
The State Opera today
The State Opera (formerly the State Opera Prague, between 1948 and 1992 the Smetana Theatre, and originally the New German Theatre) has been a part of the National Theatre since 2012. The Opera and Ballet ensembles give repertory performances at the State Opera.
History
The Prague State Opera resides in the building which on January 5, 1888 was opened as a Prague German stage with the performance of Wagner’s opera, The Mastersingers of Nürnberg. In the 19th century, Prague Germans performed in the Estate’s Theater in alternation with a Czech company. Desire for their own theater led to negotiations in 1883 for the construction of a new theater building for the German Theater Association. Over the next three years, a blueprint was drawn up and handed over to the Vienna atelier of Fellner and Hellmer. Also sharing in the design was the architect of the Vienna Municipal Theater, Karl Hasenauer, while Prague architect Alfons Wertmüller took part in the construction. Financing came from private collections. With its spacious auditorium and neo-Rococo decoration, this theater building is among the most beautiful in Europe.
Access:
By car
On Wilsonova street, from the left lane close to the State Opera building take the slip road to the Slovan above-ground garage. The parking fee is 40 CZK/h.
By tram
By daytime tram No. 11 to the stop “Muzeum”, through the underpass beneath Legerova street in the direction of the NationalMuseum, at the crossroads turn right along the NewBuilding of the NationalMuseum.
By daytime trams Nos. 3, 9, 14 and 24 or night trams Nos. 51, 52, 54, 55, 56 and 58 to the stop “Václavské náměstí”, then by foot uphill on the left side of the Wenceslas Square to the traffic lights across Wilsonova and Vinohradská streets. Then turn left along the NewBuilding of the NationalMuseum.
By metro
To the “Muzeum” station, lines A and C (green and red), and then by foot along the NewBuilding of the NationalMuseum.
Performances: Th 07 Nov 2024, 11:00 - 12:15
Performances: Sa 30 Mar 2024, 00:00
Performances: Fr 26 Apr 2024, 00:00
Performances: Th 06 Jun 2024,
Performances: Fr 24 May 2024,
Performances: Th 26 Sep 2024, 08:30