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The Jacobin at The National Theatre

Dates: (11/22/2016 - 6/20/2017 )

Theatre:

The National Theatre


Národní 2
Praha 1,Praha 1 110 00

Phone: +420 224 901 448

Tickets: CZK 100.00 - CZK 1290.00

Running Time: Approximate running time, including intermissions: 3 hours, two 20-minute intermissions.

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Dvo?ák’s The Jacobin is one of the most popular and most frequently performed Czech operas. To date, the National Theatre has staged twelve productions, most recently in 1993. The story, depicting life in a small Czech town on the one hand and the return of a “suspicious” émigré to his homeland on the other, is often understood in a somewhat simplistic, hyperbolic manner. Yet it is rather borne – primarily owing to Dvo?ák’s musical genius – in an ambiguous atmosphere of melancholy, sentiment, humorous bird’s-eye view and self-irony. As in many other similarly tuned Czech dramatic works, here too all the accumulated and pointed conflicts end up in humble, conciliatory and amicable lesson-learning.
At the end of the 18th century, Bohuš, a count’s son, who at one time was hounded out by his father owing to his liberalism returns to an idealised Czech town. Yet before he is allowed to reconcile with his father, he and his wife have to experience a slew of provincial intrigues which the locals direct both at themselves and – because of his being suspected of “Jacobinism” – against Bohuš and his wife. We encounter a number of stock and popular dramatic types – the happily amorous Ji?í and Terinka, between whom the big-headed burgrave Filip wants to drive a wedge, the count’s power-hungry nephew Adolf, as well as the good-natured teacher Benda. A crucial role in the story is played by the traditionally lauded Czech musicality; the Czechs’ affectionate relationship to music, whose ardency and tenderness is able to soften even the most hardened of hearts. The scene at the school during which the teacher Benda is preparing with the children a festive cantata in honour of the new master is one of the most remarkable in Czech opera.

Cast and Creative team for The Jacobin at The National Theatre

Libretto: Marie ?ervinková-Riegrová
Musical preparation: Tomáš Netopil
Conductor: Zbyn?k Müller, David Švec
Stage director: Ji?í He?man
Sets: Pavel Svoboda
Costumes: Alexandra Grusková
Choreography: Lucie Holánková
Chorus master: Pavel Van?k
Dramaturgy: Beno Blachut
Light-design: Daniel Tesa?
Chorus master of the Kühn's Children's Choir: Ji?í Chvála


Count Vilém of Harasov


Ivo Hrachovec
Ondrej Mráz

Bohuš of Harasov


Roman Janál
Jakub Kettner

Julie


Dana Burešová
Maria Kobielska

Filip


Zden?k Plech
Lud?k Vele

Ji?í


Aleš Briscein
Jaroslav B?ezina

Terinka


Alžb?ta Polá?ková
Jana Sibera

Benda


Vladimír Doležal
Jan Markvart

Adolf of Harasov


Ji?í Brückler
Ji?í Hájek

Lotinka


Yvona Škvárová
Lenka Šmídová

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