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Pygmalion - Jaroslav Březina
Cupid - Marie Fajtová
Céphise - Karolína Bubleová Berková
The animated statue - Petra Havránková
Dancing roles:
Amor - Jonáš Janků
Psyché - Klára Hajdinová
Statues - Anna Kukuczková, Andrea Miltner, Anton Eliáš
Litomyšl KOS Singers’ Choir, choirmaster Milan Motl
Chamber orchestra Ensemble 18+
Costume and stage designer: Petra Lebdušková
Choreography: Andrea Miltner
Director: Magdalena Švecová
Conductor and Music producer: Jakub Kydlíček
In case of bad weather the performance will take place indoors
Admission 1500 CZK Organizers thank the landlords Magda and Petr Kučera for the courtesy loan of the premises and selfless assistance. On the following map you may find where and when will all the tiny performances take place before the main opera Pygmailon starts. Shortly before 9PM you may hear violins calling you to the gates of castle. Then the first performances take place. At 9PM the gates are opened and visitors are welcomed by the owners of the castle. After that you have an hour free time when you may freely visit every part of the castle and its gardens. In the first floor there is small reception prepared. At 10PM you are very welcomed to come to the gardens for another small performance, after which you should take your seats in the amfitheatre for the opera. The opera starts at 10.30PM and takes only 45 minutes, so it lasts till 11.15PM. |