Festivals

Termindatum: Freitag, 23. Mai 2003 Startzeit: 16:00h
Enddatum: Sonntag, 25. Mai 2003 Ende: 16:00h

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Sosarme, Re di Media

(Sosarmes, King of Media)

Opera in three acts to a libretto by an unknown author, after Antonio Salvi

HWV 30 (first performed in London on 15 February 1732)


Cappella Accademica Praha (leader: Ondřej Macek), on period instruments.
Costumes: Markéta Stormová.
Stage director: Zuzana Vrbová.




Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic
(Central Bohemia, near Mladá Boleslav)

Stately home theatre (from 1833)

23, 24 & 25 May, 6 & 7 September 2003

21 May 2003 - public dress rehearsal

Staged performances, at 4.00 pm

Sung in Italian

Czech première



There will be a special coach from Prague for the performances on 25 May and 7 September, leaving from 'Na Florenci', close to the railway station 'Masarykovo nádraží' (underground station 'Náměstí Republiky'), at 1.00 pm.



Admission and coach tickets can be booked in advance at the Mnichovo Hradiště stately home.
Phone: +420-326773098 (daily, except Mondays, 8.00 am - 4.00 pm); fax: +420-326772198; e−mail: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann.
The reserved admission tickets will be available 2 hours before the start of the performance.
Due to the limited capacity of the theatre, advance booking is necessary.
The ticket price includes a visit to the stately home at 2.45 pm.


Karlsruhe, Germany
Staatliche Hochschule für Musik (Schloß Gottesaue), Velte-Saal

17 September 2003

Concert performance, at 7.00 pm

Advance booking: +49-(0)721-890851 (12, 13, 15 & 16 September 2003; 11 am - 1 pm).
Tickets will be sold at the box office on 17 September 2003 from 6.30 pm.
Prices: 8 EUR, 5 EUR (reduced)
Further information is available from the Handel Society Karlsruhe: +49-(0)721-890851.



Co-production of the Czech Handel Society, the National Institute for the Preservation of Culture Heritage, Praha, the Friends of Baroque Culture, Mnichovo Hradiště, and the Handel Society Karlsruhe, in the frame of the projects 'Masterworks of Baroque Opera - George Frideric Handel and his Contemporaries' and 'The Baroque Festival' at the stately home of Mnichovo Hradiště.

Under the auspices of H.E. the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Prague.

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