Opera
Prague National Theatre, The National Theatre , Prague
21 Nov 2026 - 11 Apr 2027 (8 events)
Cast:
National Theatre Opera Ballet
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The National Theatre Chorus
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Opera
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Prague National Theatre, The State Opera , Prague
27 Nov 2026 - 27 Mar 2027 (7 events)
Composer:
Antonín Dvořák
Cast:
State Opera Ballet
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The State Opera Chorus
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About
Jaroslav Kvapil (25 September 1868 in Chudenice, Kingdom of Bohemia – 10 January 1950 in Prague) was a Czech poet, theatre director, translator, playwright, and librettist.
From 1900 he was a director and Dramaturg at the National Theatre in Prague, where he introduced plays by Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen and Maxim Gorky into the repertory. Later he was a director at the Vinohrady Theatre (1921–1928). He wrote six plays, but is today chiefly remembered as the librettist of Antonín Dvořák's Rusalka.
Kvapil was the principal author of the Manifesto of Czech writers of 1917, signed by over two hundred leading Czechs, favouring the concept of Czech self-government.
He was married to actress Hana Kvapilová from 1894 until her death in 1907.
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