You’ll enjoy an evening of wonderful music in the fabulous setting of Bertramka, a fine house on the outskirts of Prague where Mozart stayed on many occasions. The concert will take place in the elegant music salon of the palace or in the summer, weather permitting, in the garden. It will mainly feature Mozart's chamber music and will be performed by musicians of the highest artistic calibre.
The programme features a historical-musical reconstruction of the story of W. A. Mozart and Josefina Dušek describing how the famous concert aria "Bella mia fiamma addio!" came into being at Bertramka. This unusual performance also presents famous arias from the operas Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro and the compositions of the baroque Czech masters - Mozart's contemporaries. The spectator becomes a guest of a rococo company from 200 years ago, is enchanted by the charm and authenticity of the environment which also offers a chance to visit the W. A. Mozart Museum. A welcoming toast with sparkling wine is included.
The performance is featured in German or in Czech, arias in the Italian original. Multilingual programs are available, the program is 80 minutes long without interlude.
ABOUT BERTRAMKA VILLA
The Villa Bertramka is the most significant place in Prague connected with one of the worlds greatest composers - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (who stayed at this 17th-century Villa during his visits to Prague in 1787 and 1791). A former vineyard manor house from the turn of the 17th century became in 1784 the property of the singer Josefina Duskova and the pianist, pedagogue and composer Frantisek Xaver Dusek.
In 1956 the Museum of Mozart and the Duseks was opened on the Bertramka premises, bearing witness to the history of the place and Mozart’s visits. All available memorabilia of W. A. Mozart and the Duseks, namely personal keepsakes, musical instruments, manuscripts, letters, period pictures, engravings, prints and other documents testifying to Mozart’s close relationship to Prague and to distinguished personalities of the then affluent Czech culture, have been gathered in this exhibition. The exhibition occupies what was then residential floor with seven rooms of which the salon, where Mozart allegedly used to stay and the bedroom, where the original painted wooden ceiling has been successfully restored, are the most impressive.
The music salon with period decoration that would be used for music purposes at the time of Mozart’s visits, now hosts regular chamber music concerts sought by all music-lovers visiting Prague because of the constant high standard of artistic quality. In the summer months concerts are held in the Bertramka garden (from April to October), as its amphitheatre-like terrain not only provides ideal acoustic conditions for music productions, but also transforms the whole place into an enclosed oasis of peace, tranquillity and memories!
Travel
Metro: Andel (line B), Tram 4, 7, 9, 12, 14 - Bertramka stop
Mozart stayed in this 17th-century house, which features several rooms set up as a museum dedicated to the famous composer.
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