Tickets to a classical music concert with the Collegium Marianum performing Christmas in Rome at the former Servite Monastery in Prague, Czech Republic.
Christmas in Rome
Antonio Caldara & Prince Francesco M.Ruspoli
H.Blažíčková-soprano, J.Mikušek-alto
Collegium Marianum is a music and dance ensemble Collegium Marianum (artistic director Jana Semerádová focussing on the authentic interpretation of pre-romantic music and the reconstruction of baroque choreographies. The ensemble was founded and has worked by the Collegium Marianum Cultural Centre for Historical Arts in Prague. Members of Collegium Marianum are foremost young Czech artists playing on historical originals and copies of period instruments. As a result of their research in the music archives in the Czech Republic and abroad, they have introduced in modern premieres a number of long-forgotten treasures of the 17th and 18th century music and dance repertoire, mostly from the region of Central Europe.
Collegium Marianum collaborats with eminent international soloists, conductors, choreographers and stage directors (Andrew Parrott, Simon Standage, Chiara Banchini, Peter Kooij, Anton Steck, Peter van Heyghen, Sigrid T´Hooft, Jean-Marc Piquemal, Benjamin Lazar, Jean-Denis Monory among others) and regularly appears in a number of prestigious international music festivals, such as Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Vantaan Barokki, Bachfest Leipzig, Mozartfest, Mitte Europa, Uckermärkische Musikwochwen, Concentus Moraviae, Festival Český Krumlov, Segni Barocchi Foligno, Dardagny, Brezice Festival and Košice Musical Spring. The ensemble has staged a number of performances in various baroque theatres throughout the Czech Republic. Collegium Marianum maintains regular collaboration with Czech TV and Czech Radio; its discography encompasses Concerti, Op. 7 by J. H. Albicastro (Pan Classic), a CD featuring the Music of Baroque Prague (2003) and Music of Baroque Prague II (2005).
The former Servite Monastery, home to The Collegium Marianum, also known as the Cultural and Educational Centre for the Historical Arts, is located by St Michael's Church in Prague Old Town.