Dalibor

ABOUT THE EVENT

The popular Smetana’s opera Dalibor came after the Brandenburgers in Bohemia and the Bartered Bride. In an idealised form the authors tell a story from the historical chronicles of the knight Dalibor of Kozojedy, who had been unjustly convicted and imprisoned in a tower at the Prague Castle, which had been later named after him – Daliborka.

The accuser in the case, Milada z Ploškovic, visits Dalibor in his prison undercover, disguised as a boy. Moved by Dalibor’s manly defence before king Vladislav, she decides to save the convicted knight. However, the plotted escape is betrayed and the knight dies under the sword of Budivoj, commander of the royal guards, moments after Milada who had lost her life in the vain fight for freeing her loved one.

Smetana’s Dalibor belongs to the golden fund of Czech opera and regularly returns to the repertoire of every Czech opera house.

CREATORS

Musical arrangement: Jiří Štrunc
Conductors: Jiří Štrunc / Jiří Petrdlík
Assistant Conductor: Václav Dlask
Directed by: Martin Otava
Stage Design: Daniel Dvořák
Costume: Dana Haklová
Fight choreography: Karel Basák
Light Design: Antonín Pfleger
Script Editor: Zbyněk Brabec
Choirmaster: Jakub Zicha

PERSONS AND ACTORS

Vladislav, král český: Jiří Kubík / Martin Bárta
Dalibor, rytíř: Richard Samek / Jakub Pustina 
Budivoj, velitel hradní stráže: Jakub Hliněnský / Daniel Kfelíř
Beneš, žalářník: Jiří Sulženko / Jevhen Šokalo
Vítek: Michal Bragagnolo / Tomáš Kořínek

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