Matinee - Song Recital XIII

ABOUT THE CONCERT

Shostakovich – Procházka

National Theatre Opera and the State Opera present an exceptional musical programme of song recitals. This unique song cycle brings together important musical gems of Czech and international composers performed by outstanding opera soloists on the stage of the Estates Theatre.

Six song recitals in the 2024/2025 season will increase the diversity of the National Theatre Opera's repertoire. The morning concerts on the stage of the Estates Theatre will follow the successful recitals in 2023/2024 season, during which we tested not only the acoustic possibilities of the space usually reserved for performers. Close proximity of performers and audience allows for an intense reciprocal experience of the recited pieces and an extraordinary experience enhanced by the venue itself – an otherwise hidden setting of the theatre stage and the surroundings of Old Prague itself.

Programme

Dramaturgical introduction

Dmitri Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (E. Gattringerová, K. Jalovcová, J. Moravec)

Jiří Miroslav Procházka: Hodiny (Hours), a song cycle on lyrics by Jan Zahradníček (J. Hájek)

Performers

Eliška Gattringerová

Kateřina Jalovcová

Josef Moravec

Jiří Hájek

Piano: Zdeněk Klauda