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Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni
theater tickets
Stavovské divaldo (Estates Theatre)
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Stavovské divaldo (Estates Theatre)
Ovocný trh
Prague   1
Czech Republic
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£24.27 - £48.55
Prices shown are a guide to standard adult prices generally available, including any applicable per ticket fees - other concessions may also be available.
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Mon, 3rd November 2008
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Tue, 30th December 2008
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The performance is a reworking of the legendary production which had its stage premiere at today’s Estates Theatre on 7th February 1969 and was the work of two excellent Czech operatic artists: the director Václav Kašlík and the set designer Josef Svoboda. The production remained in the repertoire with a short pause until 1983, i.e. until the Estates Theatre underwent reconstruction. The set design, which works with the elements of the Estates Theatre’s auditorium and allows the proscenium boxes to continue towards the stage as the main component of the decoration, makes phenomenal use of the fact that we are at the venue of the world premiere of this “opera of operas”, in the very theatre where it was first performed on 29th October 1787 under the baton of its composer.
Orchestra, Choir and Ballet of the National Theatre Opera

The opera is staged in Italian original version and Czech and English surtitles are used in the performance.

Photo: František Ortmann

Conductor: Zbyněk Müller
Director: Václav Kašlík / Jiří Nekvasil
Stage design: Josef Svoboda
Costumes: Theodor Pištěk
Motion cooperation: Števo Capko / Mirka Eliášová
Chorus master: Pavel Vaněk
Dramaturgy: Pavel Petráněk

Don Giovanni: Martin Bárta
Donna Anna: Maida Hundeling
Don Ottavio: Aleš Briscein
Comtur: Zdeněk Plech
Donna Elvira: Marie Fajtová
Leporello: Peter Mikuláš
Masetto: Jan Martiník
Zerlina: Petra Nôtová


In 1787 the world premiere of Don Giovanni was held at the Estates Theatre, with the great Amadeus Mozart himself conducting...

The Theatre of the Estates is one of the most beautiful historic theatre buildings in Europe. The aristocrat František Antonín Count Nostitz Rieneck, fired by a desire to enhance the charm of his native city and the minds of his fellow citizens, had this edifice built. It took not quite two years to construct and the theatre was officially opened in 1783 with a first performance of the tragedy Emilia Galotti by Lessing. Originally the theatre was dubbed Count Nostitz’s Theatre. This exceptional project for Prague of the time corresponded to the prevailing spirit at the end of 18th century when national theatres were being built at European courts, in towns and cultural centres in keeping with the visions of enlightenment promoted by facilitating general access to theatres, considered to be moral institutions demonstrating the cultural standard of a nation. The inscription above the portal reads Patriae et Musis - To the Native Land and the Muses. This motto serves as a proof of the founder’s original intention and has lost none of its validity to this day. When this theatre was linked to the National Theatre, the latter’s motto “The Nation Unto Itself” became a natural complement to the former.

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Metro B, A - Stop Můstek
Close to the bottom side of Wenceslas Square, at the Old Town.

Dress code: Guests are encouraged to dress smartly. A jacket & tie is not strictly necessary, but we would advise against wearing jeans and trainers.