Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre () is a main theatre in

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. The theatre was built between 1899 and 1902 in the

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style with some

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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 Josef Kajetán Tyl (4 February 180811 July 1856; ) was a significant Czech dramatist, writer, and actor. He was a notable figure in the Czech National Revival movement and is best known as the author of the current national anthem of the Czech R ...

by Alois Soper.

Recent and present productions

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Adriana Lecouvreur ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' () is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the 1849 play '' Adrienne Lecouvreur'' by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé. It was first performed on 6 November 1902 ...

'' by Francesco Cilea (O) * ''Akvabely'' by David Drábek (D) * ''

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'' by Yasmina Reza (D) * ''

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'' by Gioachino Rossini (O) * ''

The Bartered Bride ''The Bartered Bride'' (, ''The Sold Bride'') is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The work is generally regarded as a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It ...

'' by Bedřich Smetana (O) * ''Bohema'' by Giacomo Puccini (O) * ''Čachtická paní'' by Petr Malásek (B) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' by Georges Bizet (O) * '' Celebrity s.r.o.'' by Antonín Procházka (D) * ''

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'' by John Kander and Fred Ebb (M) * ''

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'' by Léo Delibes (B) * ''

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'' by Edmond Rostand (D) * ''Dáma na kolejích'' by J. Bažant, J. Malásek, V. Hála (M) * '' The Duchess of Chicago'' by Emmerich Kálmán, Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald (operetta) * ''Edith – Piaf from the suburb'' by Petr Malásek (B) * ''

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'' by Charles Gounod (B) * '' Huis clos'' by Jean-Paul Sartre (D) * ''

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 ...

'' by Leoš Janáček (O) * ''The Jungle Book'' by Radek Balas and ''Ondrej Brousek'' (M) * ''Kolochava'' by Petr Ulrych and ''Stanislav Mosa'' (M) * ''La dama del alba'' by Alejandro Casona (D) * ''Lantern (Lucerna)'' by Alois Jirásek (D) * '' Leaving (Odcházení)'' by Václav Havel (D) * ''

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-livi ...

'' by Jiři Brdečka (M) * ''

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'' by William Mastrosimone (D) * ''

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'' by Otto Nicolai, based on the play by ''William Shakespeare'' (O) * ''

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, M ...

'' by Alois Mrštík and ''Vilém Mrštík'' (O) * ''Maryša'' by P.Wajsar (B) * ''

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'' by John Du Prez and ''Eric Idle'' (M) * ''

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'' by Giuseppe Verdi (O) * ''

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'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B) * ''Our Swaggerers'' by Ladislav Stroupežnický (D) * ''Portugal'' by Zoltan Egressy (D) * '' Promises, Promises'' by Neil Simon (M) * ''

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'' by William Shakespeare (D) * ''

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'' by Neil Simon (D) * ''

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'' by Antonín Dvořák (O) * ''

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'' by Richard Strauss (O) * ''

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'' by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown (M) * '' The Sleeping Beauty'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B) * ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

'' by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B) * ''

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'' by William Shakespeare (D) * ''

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'' by Jeanine Tesori (M) * ''

The Two Widows ''The Two Widows'' () is a two-act Czech opera by Bedřich Smetana based on the libretto of . The libretto is based on Jean Pierre Felicien Mallefille's one-act play ''Les deux veuves''. The opera was composed between June 1873 and January 1874, ...

'' by Bedřich Smetana (O) * ''Uličnice'' by Jára Beneš (M) * ''

Uncle Vanya ''Uncle Vanya'' ( rus, Дя́дя Ва́ня, r=Dyádya Ványa, p=ˈdʲædʲə ˈvanʲə) is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897, and first produced in 1899 by the Moscow Art Theatre, directed by Konstan ...

'' by Anton Chekhov (D) * ''Válka ve sborovně aneb Habada a Jordán'' by Václav Štech (D) * ''Ve statnim zajmu'' by Antonín Procházka (D) * '' Zorba'' by Joseph Stein, Fred Ebb and John Kander (M)

References

External links

Official website
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