
Ball im Savoy
Premiere performances: 16 and 18 September 2022 at the State Opera
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Friday 16. 9.
19:00
Tickets availableSunday 18. 9.
19:00
Tickets availableThursday 22. 9.
19:00
Tickets availableTuesday 27. 9.
19:00
Tickets availableFriday 30. 9.
19:00
Tickets availableThursday 6. 10.
19:00
Tickets availableWednesday 12. 10.
19:00
Tickets availableSaturday 15. 10.
19:00
Tickets availableThursday 8. 12.
19:00
Tickets availableSaturday 17. 12.
19:00
Tickets availableWednesday 28. 12.
19:00
Tickets availableWednesday 12. 4.
19:00
Subscription sale
Sunday 4. 6.
17:00
Subscription sale
Saturday 10. 6.
19:00
Subscription sale
Basic information
The State Opera
LanguageIn Czech, subtitles in Czech, English, German
PremiereSeptember 16, 2022
A modern operetta revue full of dance, love and funny plot twists.
Cast
- 2022-2023
Creatives
About
State opera Chorus
State opera Orchestra
The pivotal episode unfurls at a ball, where Aristide has an assignation with an old flame, the dancer Tangolita. Yet he has no inkling that his wife, Madeleine, has got wind of his intention and decided to attend the ball too, with a close friend of hers, Daisy, who has just returned from America. No one knows that Daisy is the famous composer Pasodoble. Mustapha Bey, the Turkish attaché, falls in love with Daisy, while Célestin, a timid young lawyer, is enchanted by Madeleine ...
All these entangled situations are accompanied by irresistible tones of vertiginous music, engrossing melodies and jazz rhythms, Hungarian dances, Viennese waltz and klezmer. The sophisticated, entertaining modern revue operetta will be adapted by the stage director Martin Čičvák and the conductor Jan Kučera. The State Opera, formerly the Neues deutsches Theater, presented Ball im Savoy in 1933, following which it has been performed in Brno, Ostrava, Opava, Olomouc and Teplice, as well as at the Karlín Music Theatre in Prague.
After nine decades, the operetta is now returning to the State Opera, as part of the Musica non grata project.
Project Musica non grata revives the artistic legacy of male and female composers important to the musical life of interwar Czechoslovakia who were persecuted by National Socialism or for religious, racial, political or gender reasons. Musica non grata is the international music and cultural project of the Czech Republic and Germany, initiated and organized by the National Theatre in Prague and financially supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Practical information
Where to buy tickets
The National Theatre sells tickets up to 6 months in advance. On 1 August at 9am we started selling tickets for performances of Drama, Ballet, Opera and Laterna magika until the end of January 2023.
When purchasing online, you can get an e-ticket. You can pick up printed tickets in person at the box offices of the National Theatre.
What to wear?
By their appearance, attire and behaviour, the audience is obliged to adhere to the accustomed practice expected from them when attending a theatre performance.
Parking at the State opera
While visiting the State Opera, you can take the slip road on Wilsonova street from the left lane close to the State Opera building to the Parking Centrum above-ground garage. The parking fee is 40 CZK/h.
Buffets at the State Opera
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