DEVIL'S WALL
Bedřich Smetana
DEVIL'S WALL
A comic and romantic opera with timeless music by Bedřich Smetana.
With the rocky landscape by the Vltava River around Rožmberk in the background, a story evolves of the characters around the powerful but kind Lord Vok of Růže, whose life is influenced by the devil himself. In his last completed opera, Bedřich Smetana vividly portrayed the lyrical, historical and fairy-tale features of Eliška Krásnohorská's charming libretto with youthful inspiration. Although it emphasizes mainly the comic side, Krásnohorská wrote to Smetana in one of her letters: "I leave the appearance of the whole work on stage to the effects of your magical music." The composer put his own experiences and sorrows into his last opera, and his music, whose effect is truly magical, is thus characterised by deep intimacy.
This unjustly neglected work, where Vok is one of the most beautiful baritone roles in the opera repertoire, returns to Pilsen after twenty-seven long years.
Creators
- Libreto:
- Eliška Krásnohorská
- Hudební nastudování:
- Jiří Štrunc
- Dirigent:
- Jiří Štrunc / Jiří Petrdlík
- Režie:
- Jiří Nekvasil
- Režijní nastudování:
- Josef Doležal
- Scéna:
- David Bazika
- Kostýmy:
- Marta Roszkopfová
- Asistent režie:
- Vojtěch Jansa
- Choreografie:
- Gianvito Attimonelli, Jana Tomsová
- Dramaturgie:
- Vojtěch Frank
- Lighting design:
- Antonín Pfleger
- Sbormistr:
- Jakub Zicha
- Hudební příprava:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Asistent dirigenta:
- Jan Mára (HAMU)
- Asistentka choreografie:
- Kristýna Miškolciová
- Nápověda:
- Viktorie Šimůnková
- Inspice:
- Petra Kuldová Tolašová
Prersons and actors
- Vok:
- Martin Bárta / Jiří Hájek
- Záviš:
- Jana Foff Tetourová / Veronika Hajnová
- Jarek:
- Richard Samek / Martin Šrejma
- Hedvika:
- Lívia Obručník Vénosová / Ivana Veberová
- Michálek:
- Tomáš Kořínek / Peter Svetlík
- Katuška:
- Helena Kalambová / Radka Sehnoutková
- Beneš:
- Jan Hnyk / Andrij Charlamov
- Rarach:
- Jiří Sulženko / František Zahradníček
- Orchestr opery DJKT
- Sbor opery DJKT
- Balet DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Martina Root
