Christmas Subscription: Voices and Symphonies

Give your loved ones an unforgettable musical experience! This festive package offers four vocal-symphonic concerts in the Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum and the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House. It includes the premium New Year’s Concert and appearances by chief conductor Petr Popelka, British pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, vocal stars Günther Groissböck and Veronika Rovná, and of course, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. The Christmas subscription can be purchased from 1 November to 23 December 2025.

The package includes:

Concert 1
New Year’s Concert – “O Sole Mio: The Most Famous Italian Songs and Arias”
4 January 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Rudolfinum

Programme:
Gioachino Rossini | Giacomo Puccini | Ruggero Leoncavallo | Giuseppe Verdi
’O Sole Mio | Santa Lucia | Caruso | Nessun dorma and more

Performers:
Jan Kučera – conductor
Daniel Matoušek – tenor
Barbora Kubíková – mandolin, guitar
Ahmad Hedar – piano, vocals

Concert 2
Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony
2 March 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Municipal House

Programme:
Zdeněk Fibich: Šárka, overture to the opera
Reinhold Glière: Concerto for Coloratura Soprano and Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

Performers:
Jiří Habart – conductor
Veronika Rovná – soprano

Concert 3
Bluebeard’s Castle
24 March 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Rudolfinum

Programme:
Béla Bartók: Duke Bluebeard’s Castle

Performers:
Robert Jindra – conductor
Szilvia Vörös – mezzo-soprano
Günther Groissböck – bass

Concert 4
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3
20 April 2026 | 7:30 p.m. | Rudolfinum

Programme:
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor
Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex

Performers:
Petr Popelka – conductor
Isata Kanneh-Mason – piano
Prague Philharmonic Choir
To be confirmed – tenor (Oedipus)
Ester Pavlů – mezzo-soprano (Jocasta)
Jiří Brückler – baritone (Creon, Messenger)
Pavel Švingr – bass (Tiresias)
Daniel Matoušek – tenor (Shepherd)
Igor Bareš – narrator