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Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla
Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre () is a main theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The theatre was built between 1899 and 1902 in the Neo-Renaissance style with some Art Nouveau elements to the design of Antonin Balsanek. Every year the theatre performs some 18 premieres of drama, operas, operettas, ballets or musicals. Since September 2014, actors of the theatre also perform at the New Theatre. In front of the façade stands a statue of Josef Kajetán Tyl by Alois Soper. Recent and present productions * ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' by Francesco Cilea (O) * ''Akvabely'' by David Drábek (D) * '''Art''' by Yasmina Reza (D) * ''The Barber of Seville'' by Gioachino Rossini (O) * ''The Bartered Bride'' by Bedřich Smetana (O) * ''Bohema'' by Giacomo Puccini (O) * ''Čachtická paní'' by Petr Malásek (B) * ''Carmen'' by Georges Bizet (O) * '' Celebrity s.r.o.'' by Antonín Procházka (D) * ''Chicago'' by John Kander and Fred Ebb (M) * ''Coppélia'' by Léo Delibes (B) * ''Cyrano de Bergerac' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyrano De Bergerac (play)
''Cyrano de Bergerac'' ( , ) is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. The play includes elements of the life of the 17th-century novelist and playwright Cyrano de Bergerac, along with elements of invention and myth. The entire play is written in verse, in rhyming couplets of twelve syllables per line, very close to the French alexandrine, classical alexandrine form, but the verses sometimes lack a caesura. It is also meticulously researched, down to the names of the members of the Académie française and the Précieuses, ''dames précieuses'' glimpsed before the performance in the first scene. The play has been translated and performed many times, and it is responsible for introducing the word ''panache'' into the English language. The character of Cyrano himself makes reference to "my panache" in the play. The most famous English translations are those by Brian Hooker (poet), Brian Hooker, Anthony Burgess, and Louis Untermeyer. Plot summary Hercule Savinien de Cyrano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promises, Promises (musical)
''Promises, Promises'' is a musical with music by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David and a book by Neil Simon. It is based on the 1960 film '' The Apartment'', written by Billy Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond. The story concerns a junior executive at an insurance company who seeks to climb the corporate ladder by allowing his apartment to be used by his married superiors for trysts. The musical premiered in 1968 on Broadway with choreography by Michael Bennett and direction by Robert Moore. It starred Jerry Orbach as Chuck Baxter and Jill O'Hara as Fran Kubelik. It closed after 1,281 performances. A West End production opened in 1969 featuring Tony Roberts and Betty Buckley. The cast album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and two songs from the show (the title tune and " I'll Never Fall in Love Again") became hit singles for Dionne Warwick. Productions Broadway (1968–1972) After a tryout at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. The plot is an adaptation of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 short story ''The Nutcracker'', itself a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story ''The Nutcracker and the Mouse King''. The ballet's first choreographer was Marius Petipa, with whom Tchaikovsky had worked three years earlier on ''The Sleeping Beauty'', assisted by Lev Ivanov. Although the complete and staged ''The Nutcracker'' ballet was not initially as successful as the 20-minute ''Nutcracker Suite'' that Tchaikovsky had premiered nine months earlier, it became popular in later years. Since the late 1960s, ''The Nutcracker'' has been danced by many ballet companies, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around 40% of their annual ticket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabucco
''Nabucco'' (; short for ''Nabucodonosor'' , i.e. "Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblical books of Books of Kings, 2 Kings, Book of Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Book of Lamentations, Lamentations, and Book of Daniel, Daniel, and on the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornu. However, Antonio Cortese's ballet adaptation of the play (with its necessary simplifications), given at La Scala in 1836, was a more important source for Solera than the play itself. Under its original name of ''Nabucodonosor'', the opera was first performed at La Scala in Milan on 9 March 1842. ''Nabucco'' is the opera that is considered to have permanently established Verdi's reputation as a composer. He commented that "this is the opera with which my artistic career really begins. And though I had many difficulties to fight against, it is cert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spamalot
''Spamalot'' (also known as ''Monty Python's Spamalot: A Musical (Lovingly) Ripped Off from the Motion Picture ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail) is a musical theatre, stage musical with score by John Du Prez and Eric Idle, with lyrics and book by Idle. Based on the 1975 film ''Monty Python and the Holy Grail'', the musical offers a highly irreverent parody of Arthurian legend, with the title being a portmanteau of Spam (food), Spam and Camelot. The original 2005 Broadway theatre, Broadway production directed by Mike Nichols received 14 Tony Award nominations, winning in three categories, including Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Musical. During its initial run of 1,575 performances, the production was seen by more than two million people and grossed over $168 million. Tim Curry starred as King Arthur in the original Broadway and West End theatre, West End productions. It was one of eight UK musicals commemorated on Royal Mail stamps, issued in February 2011. A Paramount Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryša
''Maryša'' (English: ''Marysha'') is a Czech stage drama from 1894, written by brothers and Vilém Mrštík. It is set in a village in Moravia and focuses on the marriage of the eponymous character and its consequences. Plot A young woman, Maryša, is promised by her father to Vávra, whose previous wife has died. This not only affects Maryša, but also Francek, the young man who loves her, who decides to leave the village to go to war rather than remain to see Maryša marry Vávra. The play also examines how the marriage affects the family dynamics, such as her grandmother's weakness and inability to help her granddaughter. Characters *Maryša *Francek *Lízal *Lízalová *Vávra *Rosara *Grandma *Recruiter Krištofl *Strouhlka *Hillman *Franěk *Buček *Neighbour *Girls, Recruiters, Taverners Productions The play was adapted into a film of the same name by Josef Rovenský in 1935. A production of the play directed by Michal Lang opened on 21 January 2006 at the Anton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Merry Wives Of Windsor (opera)
''Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor'', or ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', is an 1849 opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal based on Shakespeare's play. Published as a comical-fantastical work in three acts with dance ''(komisch-phantastische Oper in 3 Akten mit Tanz)'', its structure is musical numbers linked by spoken dialogue, harkening back to the then-outmoded ''Singspiel'' format. It remains popular in Germany and Austria and its overture is sometimes heard in concert in other countries. Composition history Nicolai wrote most of the music in 1845 and 1846 but was able to adjust the score in 1849 just before the work's delayed premiere. He had earlier won success with four Italian melodramatic operas, viz. ''Rosmonda d’Inghilterra, Gildippe ed Odoardo, Il templario'' and ''Il proscritto'', the last of which he revised to a German libretto as ''Die Heimkehr des Verbannten'', to additional acclaim, in 1843, leading to his attent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Totally Weird
''Like Totally Weird'' is a comedy play by William Mastrosimone. Productions ''Like Totally Weird'' premiered at the Humana Festival in Louisville Kentucky. Divadlo J. K. Tyla *Directed by Martin Vokoun. The play had premiere on 13 December 2008 in J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň. Czech name is ''Jako naprostý šílenci''. *''Russ Rigel'' .... Martin Stránský *''Jennifer Barton'' .... Andrea Černá *''Kenny'' .... Jan Maléř *''Jimmy'' .... Zdeněk Rohlíček Východočeské divadlo *Directed by Jiří Seydler. The play had premiere on 28 September 2003 - 14 November 2003 in Eastern Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice. Czech title is Jako naprostí šílenci. *''Russ Bigel'' .... Petr Brychta *''Jennifer Barton'' .... Kristina Jelínková *''Kenny'' .... Tomáš Kolomazník *''Jimmy'' .... Zdeněk Rumpík Actors Theatre *Directed by Mladen Kiselov. The play had premiere 10 March 1998 - 4 April 1998 in Actors Theatre of Louisville and 22nd Humana Festival of New American P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemonade Joe
''Lemonade Joe, or the Horse Opera'' () is a 1964 Czechoslovak musical comedy film, directed by Oldřich Lipský and written by Jiří Brdečka, based on his novel and stage play. A parody of the American Western, the film centers on a clean-living, soft-drink-selling gunfighter who takes on a town full of whiskey-swilling cowboys. The name of the eponymous hero is a pun, since the Czech word for a soft drink, ''limonáda'', can also be used figuratively in reference to a cheap, sentimental love-story. Plot In the frontier town of Stetson City, Arizona, in 1885, business is booming at the Trigger Whisky Saloon. Tornado Lou, the local chanteuse, regales the saloon-goers with a sultry ballad ("Když v báru houstne dým"), while the saloon owner Doug Badman tries in vain to woo her. Two evangelists, Ezra Goodman and his daughter Winnifred, enter the bar attempting to drum up interest in their temperance movement, but the saloon's hard-drinking cowboys scorn them. Into the fracas st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leaving (play)
''Leaving'' (Czech - ''Odcházení'') is a 2007 tragicomedic play by Václav Havel. Although Havel has had an extensive career as a playwright, ''Leaving'' was his first play in over twenty years. The play premiered at Archa Theatre in Prague on May 22, 2008. The play is composed of five acts and requires eleven men, six women, and one voice. In 2011, Havel directed a film adaptation of his play. Productions Orange Tree *Directed by Sam Walters. Translated by Paul Wilson. * Vilém Rieger, ex-chancellour .... Geoffrey Beevers Geoffrey Beevers (born 9 January 1941) is a British actor who has appeared in many stage and screen roles. Early life and education Only son of D. Beevers, Geoffrey Beevers was educated at Tonbridge School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he ... * Grandmother, Rieger's mother .... * Vlasta, Rieger's older daughter .... * Albín, Vlasta'husband .... * Zuzana, Rieger's younger daughter .... * Irena, Rieger's long-time girlfriend .... * Monik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenůfa
''Její pastorkyňa'' (''Her Stepdaughter''; commonly known as ''Jenůfa'' ) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the Play (theatre), play ''Její pastorkyňa'' by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed at the Mahen Theatre, National Theatre, Brno on 21 January 1904. Composed between 1896 and 1902, it is among the first operas written in prose. The first of Janáček's operas in which his distinctive voice can clearly be heard, it is a grim story of infanticide and redemption. Like the playwright's original work, it is known for its unsentimental realism (arts), realism. While today it is heard in the composer's original version, ''Jenůfas early popularity was due to a revised version by Karel Kovařovic, altering what was considered its eccentric style and orchestration. Thus altered, it was well-received, first in Prague, and particularly after its Vienna première also worldwide. More than 70 years passed before audien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
