Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker greatest hits with live ballet in the Smetana Hall of Prague's Municipal House.
The Prague Classical Orchestra (chamber cast) and dancers of the Arabeska ballet perform the best-loved numbers from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker – from the March and the Waltz of the Flowers to the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy – in Prague's most beautiful concert hall.
The Municipal House in Prague was built at the place of the former Royal Court in 1912 to celebrate the Czech nation and has been one of the most significant public buildings in Prague for over a hundred years. It is a representative building which for its splendour and beautiful decorations is one of the jewels of Prague architecture. Although the building is usually described as an "Art Nouveau" edifice it is more of a blend of neo-Baroque, neo-Renaissance, western and oriental influences and Czech Art Nouveau style. This representative building is, above all, a great venue for classical music concerts and one of the prime venues of the world-famous Prague Spring Festival.
Representative Smetana Hall was the site of the independent Czechoslovak Republic declaration in 1918. Nowadays it serves predominantly as a concert hall. Beautiful Art Nouveau decorations – paintings with Slavic motifs, decorative stained glass ceiling, gilded lamps, beautiful organ – all this creates an unusually harmonic whole, which is a worthy area for implementation of the greatest treasures of Czech and world classical music.
Program
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker (selection)
Overture
March
Galop of the Children
Dance
Waltz of the Snowflakes
Spanish Dance
Chinese Dance
Russian Dance
Mother Gigogne and the Clowns
Waltz of the Flowers
Pas de Deux
Tarantella
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
Coda
Performed by
Prague Classical Orchestra (chamber cast, 14 members)
František Pok - conductor, arrangement
Daniela Poková - choreography
Ballet Arabeska - dancers
Important Information
Duration: 60 minutes
Dress code: casual
Seating: all tickets come with assigned seats (seat numbers are printed on your e-ticket)
Discounts: students and seniors; children up to 10 are admitted free of charge