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Opera

Sternenhoch

Ivan Acher

An uplifting opera attesting to the lowest human traits. The Production of 2018.

The New Stage
The Year of Czech music
English surtitles

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    May 2024

    Monday 6. 5.
    20:00

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    Derniere
    The Year of Czech music
    English surtitles

    Basic information

    Venue

    The New Stage

    Approximate running time

    1 hour 25 minutes, no intermission

    Language

    In Esperanto, surtitles in Czech, English

    Premiere

    April 7, 2018

    The production of Ivan Acher’s Sternenhoch, directed by Michal Dočekal, has become a true contemporary opera sensation. Written to commission from the National Theatre, it has attracted conservative music lovers craving beautiful voices hovering in arched melodies, as well as fans of the music styles for which “beauty” in the traditional sense is entirely extrinsic.

    Cast

    • 2023-2024
    • 2024-2025

    Creatives

    Libretto
    Ivan Acher
    Stage director
    Michal Dočekal
    Choreography
    Lenka Vagnerová
    Light design
    Ondřej Kyncl
    Dramaturgy
    Beno Blachut

    About

    Violin, viola: Tereza Marečková
    Contrabasson: Lukáš Svoboda
    Zither: Michal Müller

    Ladislav Klíma’s grotesque romanetto The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch has like an inextinguishable fire now stricken a fifth generation of seekers of earthly and cosmic forces. Stricken, inspired, burnt and ignited. The prose’s unique combination of the low and the high, the comical and the horrific, philosophy of the uppermost spheres and everyday lewdness served as a sufficient breeding ground for a music creator with a penchant for morphing genres, a creator who likes to alternate darkness with the burlesque, and feels a close affinity to the author of the novel in terms of making use of the time entrusted to us on earth.

    The expressionistic nature of Ladislav Klíma’s book and the subject of a fictitious diary abounding in murders, dreams about murders, tattle and high philosophising of the five main characters directly urges the application of trained voices within the new context of the sonic potential of electronic composition. Composition that, notwithstanding an experimental approach, has not altogether deserted the domain of historical music yet utilises it in novel acoustic options, blending sampling, electronics and live instruments.

    The production of Ivan Acher’s Sternenhoch, directed by Michal Dočekal, has become a true contemporary opera blockbuster, lauded by the critics and enjoying unceasing demand on the part of audiences and music festivals. The Divadelní noviny readers voted it Production of 2018.

    Suitable for audience from 15 years.

    The production’s performance was recorded with the support of Opera Vision and Creative Europe.

     

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    Sternenhoch Programme

    A booklet for the production of Sternenhoch

    70 Kč

    Only 3 items in stock

    Practical information

    Where to buy tickets

    The National Theatre sells tickets up to 6 months in advance. We are currently selling tickets for performances of Drama, Ballet, Opera and Laterna magika taking place in March-August 2024.


    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 National Theater

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    Buffets on the New Stage

    Use Café Nona for refreshments on the New Stage.