Ostrava Center for New Music & National Moravian-Silesian Theatre
1st biennial
NODO
New Opera Days Ostrava
Antonín Dvořák Theatre & Jiří Myron Theatre
June 24, The Antonín Dvořák Theatre at 19:30
John Cage Europera 5 / Czech Premiere, At the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Cage
Martha Herr, Soprano (São Paulo)
Katalin Károlyi, Mezzo-Soprano (Budapest)
Alexandr Starý, Piano (Ostrava)
Andrew Culver, Director (New York / Montreal)
June 25, The Jiří Myron Theatre at 19:30
František Chaloupka Eva and Lilith (commissioned by Ostrava Center for New Music)
Lucie Vítková, Lucie Páchová, Voice (Brno)
Dunami Ensemble, František Chaloupka, Artistic Director (Brno)
Petr Gejguš, Dramaturgy (Ostrava)
Jiří Nekvasil, David Bazika, Stage Directors (Ostrava)
Salvatore Sciarrino Infinito nero
The libretto is a transcript of vision by St. Marie Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566 - 1607)
Katalin Károlyi, Mezzo-Soprano (Budapest)
Ostravská banda
Petr Kotík, Conductor (Ostrava/New York)
Jiří Nekvasil, David Bazika, Stage Directors (Ostrava)
June 26, The Antonín Dvořák Theatre at 19:30
Salvatore Sciarrino La porta della legge / Czech Premiere
Libretto is based on an excerpt from "The Trial" by Franz Kafka
In Italian with Czech subtitles
John Janssen, Baritone (Monschau bei Aachen)Gerson Sales, Countertenor (Berlin)Martin Js.
Ohu, Bass (Wuppertal)
Ostravská banda
Petr Kotík, Conductor (Ostrava/New York)
Johannes Weigand, Director (Wuppertal)
Jürgen Lier, Scene and Costumes (Berlin/Offenbach)
Jakob Creuzburg, Video design (Berlin)
In cooperation with Wuppertaler Bühnen
Performace of the 26th of June will be broadcasted live on Czech Radio 3 - Vltava.
Always 30 minutes before the performance takes place an introduction to the operas of
the authors and / or production team.
Tickets 140,- CZK
Festival Pass 300,- CZK
General partner:
Zdeněk Bakala Foundation
With financial support of the city of Ostrava
Partners:
Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic, ČEZ Foundation, Czech-German Fund for the
Future, The Moravian-Silesian Region, U. S. Embassy in Prague, Hotel Mercure Ostrava
Center, Moravská Ostrava and Přívoz Borough, Život umělce Foundation, Student Agency,
Rengl
Media partners:
Czech Radio Ostrava, Czech Radio 3 - Vltava, HOST Magazine, HIS Voice Magazine,
Harmonie Magazine, Respekt Weekly, Hudební život Magazine
