Name: Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique - Prague Symphony Orchestra
Start: 2027-04-21T19:30:00+02:00
End: 2027-04-21T21:30:00+02:00
Location: Municipal House - Smetana Hall

Date:	April 21, 2027 \| 19:30 (Wed)
Venue:	Municipal House - Smetana Hall
Duration:	120 minutes
Intermission:	Yes
Status:	Available

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Love and obsession: Chausson and Berlioz in French romance

Love takes many forms, and French music captures them with extraordinary intensity. The first half of the evening belongs to melancholy and remembrance - in Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Ernest Chausson carries us to a shoreline where the scent of lilacs mingles with the salt air of the sea. The soprano's role is almost that of a painter, sketching images of fading flowers and a vanishing love. In contrast, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique completes the evening. Its story began in 1827 at Paris's Théâtre de l'Odéon, where the young Berlioz first saw the actress Harriet Smithson perform as Ophelia. It was love at first sight, bordering on obsession. The composer poured every turbulent emotion into his symphony - and through this music, we too can live his extraordinary story.

Program:

Ernest Chausson | Poem of Love and the Sea (Poème de l'amour et de la mer) Op. 19
Hector Berlioz | Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14

Performing:

Siobhan Stagg - soprano
Prague Symphony Orchestra
Mikko Franck - conductor

22 April 2027 at 6.15 pm
Meet the Artists at the Municipal House Café

Important:

Please note that tickets for this concert will be assigned to you by the organizer within 48 hours of placing your order. You will receive your tickets by e-mail.
Tickets purchased for this concert can not be transferred, exchanged, or refunded unless the event is cancelled
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With intermission

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Municipal House - Smetana Hall

Address:	Náměstí Republiky 5 , Praha 1
Capacity:	1200
Type:	Concert hall
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	Yes

The Smetana Hall is the most famous and largest concert hall of the Municipal House in Prague

Prague Municipal House and the splendid interior of its main hall, named after famous Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, will take your breath away. The best way how to explore this exquisite hall is to attend one of the great classical concerts held here.

Built as a tribute to Bedřich Smetana - world known Czech composer. 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.

The Municipal House in Prague was built at the place of the former Royal Court in 1912 to celebrate the Czech nation. 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.

Today, the Municipal House in Prague offers a wide range of multifunctional premises in which all sorts of events are held (exhibitions, conferences, fashion shows, charity events, companies' shows, etc.). There is also a great and highly recommendable French restaurant, Municipal House Café and American bar.
Municipal House is, above all, a great venue for Prague classical music concerts and one of the prime venues of the world-famous Prague Spring Festival.

Do not miss your chance to visit great classical music concert in one of the nicest concert venues in Prague!

How to get there:

Accessibility by Prague public transport:
metro B (yellow line) - Náměstí republiky station
tram - Náměstí republiky stop
Nearest car parking:
garages of the Palladium or Kotva shopping malls on Náměstí republiky, Prague 1

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