Concert performance of Libuše to mark Smetana’s 200th anniversary

A special concert performance of Bedřich Smetana’s opera Libuše will be performed at Prague’s Rudolfinum on Tuesday, marking the 200th anniversary of the great Czech composer’s birth. The event, featuring Czech opera stars Kateřina Kněžíková and Adam Plachetka, is part of the Prague Spring international music festival.

Bedřich Smetana’s opera Libuše about Bohemia’s mythical female ruler was first performed in 1881 at the opening of the National Theatre in Prague and then again at the reopening of the theatre after the first building was destroyed by fire.

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Authors: Ruth Fraňková, Tomáš Maleček