Organization

Stage director

Jiří Nekvasil

Conductor

Marek Šedivý

Costume designer

Marta Roszkopfová

Set designer

Daniel Dvořák

Dramaturge

Juraj Bajús

Chorus master

Jurij Galatenko

Translator

Vlasta Reittererová

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Irena Parlov

Nastassja

Roksana Wardenga

Soprano

Miroslava Časarová

Sina

Veronika Rovná

Hana Dobešová

Sofia Petrowna

Monika Jägerová

Anita Jirovská

Tenor

Jorge Garza

Paul

György Hanczár

Lucie Hilscherová

Marja Alexandrovna

Marta Infante

Barbara

Adam Sedlický

Choreographer

Jana Tomsová

Jiří Dvořák

Servant of Theophilus

Yago Catalinas Heredia

Baritone

Pavol Kubán

Fürst

Martin Bárta

Roman Vlkovič

Archivar der Stadt Mordassow

Petr Urbanek

Tomáš Chudoba

Jiří Blažek

National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

National Theatre Prague

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Betrothal in a Dream

Prague

Czech Republic

Státní Opera Praha (The State Opera)

Ostrava

Antonín Dvořák Theatre

Verlobung im Traum Krása

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Libreto Rudolf Fuchs (1890-1942) a Rudolf Thomas (1895-1938) podle novely Fjodora Michajloviče Dostojevského (1821–1881) Strýčkův sen z roku 1858Text kupletu...

Libretto by Rudolf Fuchs (1890-1942) and Rudolf Thomas (1895-1938) based on the novella by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) Uncle's Dream from 1858 Text of the couplet Dream about a game of billiards Max Brod (1884–1968) Musical staging by Marek Šedivý Directed by Jiří Nekvasil The audience of our theater may remember the name of Hans Krása from the production of the children's opera Brundibár. The opera Dream Engagement was written by this composer, whose work, like the work of many other artists of Jewish origin, ended up in the Terezín ghetto much earlier. The plot, inspired by the novella Uncle's Dream by FM Dostoyevsky, a classic of Russian literature, brings us to the environment of a Russian small town in the middle of the 19th century. In a satirical story, characters are presented to us in comic exaggeration. The plot takes place in the house of Marya Alexandrovna, who is trying to marry her daughter Zina well. The old Prince, who returns to the city after years, fits perfectly into this plan. However, Zina is loved by his relative, the young diplomat Pavel, and she in turn wants to marry the poor, sick teacher Feďa. The plot, in which a dream plays an important role, has a surprising point... We present it for the first time in NDM. We will open the Terezín composers' Oper cycle with it, in which we will present the works of two other composers who were interned in Terezín during the war and later murdered in Auschwitz. We present it in the original German with Czech and English subtitles. Premieres on February 17 and 19, 2022 at the Antonín Dvořák Theater Realized in co-production with the National Theater as part of the Musica non grata project with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague. a young diplomat, Pavel, and she, in turn, wants to marry a poor, sick teacher, Feďa. The plot, in which a dream plays an important role, has a surprising point... We present it for the first time in NDM. We will open the Terezín composers' Oper cycle with it, in which we will present the works of two other composers who were interned in Terezín during the war and later murdered in Auschwitz. We present it in the original German with Czech and English subtitles. Premieres on February 17 and 19, 2022 at the Antonín Dvořák Theater Realized in co-production with the National Theater as part of the Musica non grata project with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague. a young diplomat, Pavel, and she, in turn, wants to marry a poor, sick teacher, Feďa. The plot, in which a dream plays an important role, has a surprising point... We present it for the first time in NDM. We will open the Terezín composers' Oper cycle with it, in which we will present the works of two other composers who were interned in Terezín during the war and later murdered in Auschwitz. We present it in the original German with Czech and English subtitles. Premieres on February 17 and 19, 2022 at the Antonín Dvořák Theater Realized in co-production with the National Theater as part of the Musica non grata project with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague. who were interned in Terezín during the war and later murdered in Auschwitz. We present it in the original German with Czech and English subtitles. Premieres on February 17 and 19, 2022 at the Antonín Dvořák Theater Realized in co-production with the National Theater as part of the Musica non grata project with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague. who were interned in Terezín during the war and later murdered in Auschwitz. We present it in the original German with Czech and English subtitles. Premieres on February 17 and 19, 2022 at the Antonín Dvořák Theater Realized in co-production with the National Theater as part of the Musica non grata project with the support of the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague.

ENGAGEMENT IN A DREAM (Verlobung im Traum) – teaser – Moravian-Silesian National Theatre

"Mr. Fyodor Dostoyevsky was with me today.
They sent him to me, they say he writes novels
and wants to write a story about Zina.
Why not, the story was very interesting."
 
The audience of our theater may remember the name of Hans Krása from the production of the children's opera Brundibár . The opera Dream Engagement was written by this composer, whose work, like the work of many other artists of Jewish origin, ended up in the Terezín ghetto much earlier. The plot, inspired by the novella Uncle's Dreamby FM Dostoyevsky, a classic of Russian literature, brings us to the environment of a small Russian town in the middle of the 19th century. In a satirical story, characters are presented to us in comic exaggeration. The plot takes place in the house of Marya Alexandrovna, who is trying to marry her daughter Zina well. The old Prince, who returns to the city after years, fits perfectly into this plan. However, Zina is loved by his relative, the young diplomat Pavel, and she in turn wants to marry the poor, sick teacher Feďa. The plot, in which a dream plays an important role, has a surprising point...

The opera had its world premiere at the New German Theater in 1933. It did not return to the building of today's State Opera until 1994, when it was staged by director Karel Drgáč in a co-production with the National Theater in Mannheim.

We present it for the first time at NDM. We will open the Terezín Composers' Oper cycle , in which we will present the works of two other composers who were interned in Terezín during the war and later murdered in Auschwitz.

„Dnes u mě byl pan Fjodor Dostojevskij.
Poslali ho za mnou, prý píše romány
a chce napsat příběh o Zině.
Proč ne, ten příběh byl hodně zajímavý."
 
Jméno Hanse Krásy si diváci našeho divadla mohou pamatovat z inscenace dětské opery Brundibár. Operu Zásnuby ve snu napsal tento skladatel, jehož tvorba se podobně jako dílo mnohých dalších umělců židovského původu uzavřela v ghettu Terezín, o mnoho dříve. Děj, inspirovaný novelou Strýčkův sen od klasika ruské literatury F. M. Dostojevského, nás přivádí do prostředí ruského maloměsta poloviny 19. století. V satirickém příběhu se nám představují postavy v komické nadsázce. Děj se odehrává v domě Marji Alexandrovny, která se snaží dobře provdat svou dceru Zinu. Do tohoto plánu ji skvěle zapadá starý Kníže, který se po letech vrací do města. Zinu však miluje jeho příbuzný, mladý diplomat Pavel a ona si zase chce vzít chudého nemocného učitele Feďu. Děj, ve kterém hraje důležitou roli sen, má překvapivou pointu...

Opera měla světovou premiéru v Novém německém divadle v roce 1933. Do budovy dnešní Státní opery se vrátila až v roce 1994, kdy ji v koprodukci s Národním divadlem v Mannheimu nastudoval režisér Karel Drgáč.

V NDM ji uvádíme poprvé. Otevřeme jí cyklus Oper terezínský skladatelů, v jehož rámci představíme díla dalších dvou skladatelů, kteří byli během války internováni v Terezíně a později zavražděni v Osvětimi.

čeština

Betrothal in a Dream by Krása, From (2022/2022), Directed by Jiří Nekvasil,, Conductor Marek Šedivý, Adam Sedlický, Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, Czech Republic

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