Text, dramaturgy and direction: Maddalena Rossi
For the second year already, the amateur actors of the Societá Dante Alighieri theatre section will meet the children’s audience in the cozy garden of the Werich Villa for the bilingual Czech-Italian performance “Italian Vacation”. The one-act play is loosely inspired by the themes of Jan Werich's fictionalized travelogue "Italian Holidays". The play returns to the tradition of Italian commedia dell'arte with its typical characters - two old men, a doctor, a harlequin, servants, a grim reaper, a girl in love, and a captain in a typical plot laced with modern and contemporary elements. The show uses traditional masks based on period originals, improvisation, music, and dance. Everything takes place on a stage of four square meters, with almost no stage set.
This year, the plot of Italian Holidays begins in Prague, where a father and his daughter decide to go on a month-long vacation to Italy. At the same time, because it's such a beautiful summer, the Grim Reaper, one of the classic characters of the commedia dell'arte, decides to take a break from her demanding job also in Italy (she's apparently burnt out at work). In Italy, however, everyone suddenly finds themselves in the strange world of commedia dell'arte masks. Why? Be surprised!
Theatre for children from 6 years old.
Duration: 60 min
Tickets:
Advance sale: adults 290 CZK, children 90 CZK
At the door: adults 350 CZK, children 150 CZK
The opening American Concert of the 3rd Year of the Classical Concerts at Werich’s music festival will feature American soprano Bree Nichols, "finger-style" guitarist Martin Homola and pianist Jan Mára. The dramaturgy of this year's festival balances on the edge of the notion of "what is classical". In the American context, it will present not only classical songs or arias from operas but also spirituals or guitar pieces by Australians living in America, such as T. Emmanuel and J. Robinson.
A. A. Copland: Laurie's Song (The Tender Land)
R. I. Gordon: The Red Dress, A Lullaby
M. Willson: Till There Was You (The Music Man)
J. Robinson: Blue Moon, Midnight in Nashville
T. Emmanuel: The Hunt
A. Smith: Guitar Boogie
C. Floyd: Ain't It a Pretty Night, The Trees on the Mountain (Susannah)
E. O. Excell and J. Newton: Amazing Grace
M. Hogan: selection of spirituals
E. L. Garner: Misty
Bonus surprise
Duration: 90 min, including intermission
Tickets:
Advance sale: 390 CZK - adults, 290 CZK - students/seniors/ZTP/P
At the door: 450 CZK - adults, 390 CZK - students/seniors/ZTP/P
The American-British Concert Concert features the works of major American and British composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The program includes songs from classical song cycles, operatic arias, and musical songs, offering a varied picture of different perspectives on what "classical" means in the American and British musical context. Many of these works were written by composers who in current terminology would be described as part of the LGBT+ community. However, the programme does not present them separated from other composers, but as a part of the whole. The concert is an official part of the Prague Pride festival programme. An interesting connection to Werich's villa is the fact that the lyrics of the musical “Finian´s Rainbow” were translated by Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich.
B. Britten: A Charm of Lullabies
L. Bernstein: I Hate Music
L. Lehmann: Bird Songs (selection)
E. Smyth: selection of songs
G. Gershwin: Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
G. Gershwin: selection of songs
F. Loewe: Wouldn't it be loverly?, I could have danced all night (My Fair Lady)
B. Lane: How Are Things in Glocca Morra(Finian's Rainbow)
L. Weber: Wishing you were, Angel of Music (Phantom of the Opera)
L. Bernstein: Tonight (West Side Story)
Duration: 90 min, including intermission
Tickets:
Advance sale: 390 CZK - adults, 290 CZK - students/seniors/ZTP/P
At the door: 450 CZK - adults, 390 CZK - students/seniors/ZTP/P
F. Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 4
B. Smetana
B. Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances
A. Dvořák: Mazurka
E. W. Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing
Duration: 90 min, including intermission
Admission: voluntary
A journey through four centuries of Austrian music.
W. A. Mozart:Oiseaux si tu les ans / Als Luise die Briefe / An Chloe – Kristýna Kůstková
F. Schubert:Litanei / Lachen und Weinen / Die Forelle / Heidenröslein / Die Taubenpost - Lukáš Bařák
R. Strauss:All mein Gedanken / Ach weh mir Unglückhaftem Mann / Zueignung – Lukáš Bařák
A. Schönberg:Erwartung / Waldsonne (Čtyři písně op. 2) / Aus dem Spiegel von Arkadien (Brettl-Lieder) - Kristýna Kůstková
P. Marschik: Auf einem Torso Apollos – Lukáš Bařák
W. A. Mozart:Figarova svatba / Cinque dieci – duet / Se a caso Madama – duet / Se vuole ballare – Lukáš Bařák
W. A Mozart:Kouzelná flétna / Ach, ich fühl's - Kristýna Kůstková / Bei Männern welche Liebe fühlen – duet / Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen – Lukáš Bařák / Pa, pa, pa – duet
W. A. Mozart: Don Giovanni / Ma se colpa...Batti batti oh bell Masetto – Kristýna Kůstková / La ci darem la mano – duet
Duration: 90 min, including intermission
Tickets:
Basic: 250 CZK
Discounted: seniors 213 CZK, ZTP 175 CZK, student 188 CZK, senior/family pass: 230 CZK
The opening concert of the 2nd year of the classical music festival Klasika u Wericha 2022 will bring mostly Lithuaninan and Czech songs both original and folk ones. On the programme, there will be also Slovak and Polish songs. The aim is to provide a varied picture of works of Slavic composers from Lithuania, Poland, Czechia and Slovakia.
Programme length: 90 min, incl. an intermission
Admission:
490 Kč - adults
390 Kc - students/seniors 65+/ZTP/P
The power of Nordic nature, myths, love and broken hearts through the works of Nordic composers. The concert will be held under the auspices of the Islandic Consul to the Czech Republic, Mrs. Klára Dvořáková.
Programme length: 90 min, incl. an intermission
Admission:
490 Kč - adults
390 Kc - students/seniors 65+/ZTP/P
A journey through four centuries of Austrian classical music.
Programme length: 90 min, incl. an intermission
Admission:
490 Kč - adults
390 Kc - students/seniors 65+/ZTP/P
Based on the book "Italian Holidays" by Jan Werich and his life experience, the performance returns to the tradition of Italian commedia dell'arte, using traditional masks based on period originals and improvisation in music and dance.
Two old men, a doctor, a harlequin and other servants, a girl in love and a captain feature in a typical plot laced with modern and contemporary elements. The story begins in old Pantalone's house when he, ill and irritable, is visited by the doctor who forces him to take a holiday. He is accompanied by his daughter, who feels stifled by her father's strict upbringing…
A bilingual one-act Czech-Italian production performed by Italian and Czech actors.
The cast: Michaela Tomková / Eva Vrbová / Markéta Uhlířová / Filip Jelínek / Linda Cavagnetto / Linda Zauner / Giulia Ferretti / Margherita Mazzoli
Text, dramaturgy and direction: Maddalena Rossi
Suitable for ages 6 and up.
Programme length: 90 min, including intermission
Admission:
290 CZK - adults
50 CZK - children
A fairy tale and discussion with one of the most popular Czech children's book illustrators Markéta Vydrová. Discover how to encourage children that what they love to do most in the world can become their job, calling and a dream come true. Because if you grow up to be a happy adult who does what they love for a living, you will have a happy life.
How did Markéta become an illustrator at the age of four? How do you go about illustrating a children's book? Reading of the author's fairy tale about "Sage the Elf" with projection of the author's pictures and Q&A time. Children can ask Markéta anything they are interested in - from questions about space flights to how many teeth good illustrators have.
Note: The illustrators are real live human beings, so feel free to bring books with Markéta's illustrations to be autographed!
Suitable for ages 6 and up.
Program length: 90 minutes, including intermission
Admission:
290 CZK - adults
50 CZK - children
A classicas songs concert; a tribute to the great Czech classical composers Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček and Bohuslav Martinů on the occasion of the last performance of the successful production of Dodo Gombár's "Martinů - Bohuslav's Czech Rhapsody" performed by the Horácké Divadlo Theatre.
The concert brings the soloist of the National Theatre Brno and the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, baritone Roman Hoza, and soprano Eliška Gattringerová, winner of the International Antonín Dvořák Singing Competition and a guest soloist of the National Theatre Brno together with one of the Czech leading pianists Ahmad Hedar.
Programme length: 80 min, incl. an intermission
Discounts: Senior pass, Family pass, 25% off for students, 15% off for seniors, 30% off for disabled persons
Programme length: 80 min, incl. an intermission
Admission is voluntary.
An exciting journey through various regions of Spain with one of the best Czech classical guitar players Barbora Kubíková, and a mezzo-soprano Ester Pavlů, a guest soloist of the National Theatre in Prague - the current Bizet’s Carmen.
Programme length: 80 min, incl. an intermission
Admission:
240 Kč - pre-sale,
300 Kč - on spot
A concert with songs by Nordic composers on the themes of Nordic nature, fairy tales, love and broken hearts, supplemented by songs by Czech musical personalities A. Dvořák and B. Martinů.
Admission: Entrance is free.
An exciting journey of the guitar's evolution ranges from classical Spanish guitar songs to those of Argentinian Astor Piazzolla to songs that showcase the guitar's political role in Czechoslovakia.
