Organization

Chanteur

Basse

Pavel Švingr

Filip

František Zahradníček

hrabě Vilém z Harasova

Baryton

Jiří Brückler

Adolf z Harasova

Soprano

Maria Kobielska

Julie

Ténor

Martin Šrejma

Jiří

Jaroslav Březina

Benda

Kateřina Kněžíková

Terinka

Contralto

Yvona Škvárová

Lotinka

Mise en scène

Jiří Heřman

Décors

Pavel Svoboda

Lumières

Daniel Tesař

Costumes

Alexandra Grusková

Chorégraphie

Lucie Holánková

Direction de choeur

Pavel Vaněk

Jiří Chvála

Dramaturgie

Beno Blachut

Direction d'orchestre

Robert Kružík

Martin Bárta

Bohuš z Harasova

Zbyněk Müller

National Theatre Prague

Others

Prague National Theatre Chorus

Orchestra

Ópera Checa de Praga

Kühn Children's Choir

Ballet

National Theatre Opera Ballet

tchèque

Jakobín -  (Le Jacobin)

Prague

Tchéquie

Národní divadlo (National Theatre)

Jakobín

Public

Private

Le Jacobin

anglais

Valide

At the end of the 18th century, Bohuš, a count’s son, who at one time was hounded out by his father owing to his liberalism, returns from Paris to his native small town in Bohemia. Yet before he is allowed to reconcile, he and his wife are caught up in a slew of provincial intrigues which the locals direct both at themselves and – because of his being suspected of “Jacobinism” – against the couple. The opera features a number of stock and popular dramatic types – the happily amorous Jiří and Terinka, between whom the arrogant burgrave Filip wants to drive a wedge; the count’s power-hungry nephew Adolf; as well as the good-natured teacher Benda. The scene at the school during which Benda is rehearsing with the children a festive cantata in honour of the new master is one of the most remarkable in Czech opera.

As in many other similarly tuned Czech dramatic works, here too all the accumulated conflicts are resolved amicably. Besides the traditional title of the opera, The Jacobin, the stage director Jiří Heřman foregrounds the libretto’s lesser-known original name, Mother’s Song, which actually far more appositely indicates that which Dvořák’s opera is all about – tenderness, noble-mindedness, loving care, and the ability of music to soften even the most hardened of hearts.

Photographer for production: Hana Smejkalová

English

Crédits de représentation (Distribution et équipe de production )

Distribution

Équipage

Ensemble