{"id":1679,"date":"2023-11-18T18:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/prague2023\/?p=1679"},"modified":"2023-11-19T18:46:35","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T18:46:35","slug":"a-night-at-the-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/prague2023\/2023\/11\/18\/a-night-at-the-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"A Night at the Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Friday night, we went to the State Opera House at the top of Wenceslas Square to see Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k’s romantic fairy tale opera Rusalka<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From the program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Anton\u00edn Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s\u00a0Rusalka<\/em>\u00a0is a\u00a0true gem of Czech opera, one that has won over audiences worldwide. Ardent melodies, both tender and dramatically extreme, the composer\u2019s masterful work with musical motifs and full-blooded orchestration, as well as Jaroslav Kvapil\u2019s fabulous libretto, evoking K. J. Erben\u2019s simple yet immensely forcible ballads, make\u00a0Rusalka\u00a0<\/em>a\u00a0work of fascinating beauty addressing audiences of all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Rusalka\u00a0<\/em>has customarily been deemed a \u201cmere\u201d fairy-tale. To be sure, there is no doubt that the fantastic story and the characters of the wood nymphs, the water goblin and the witch are of a\u00a0fairy-tale ilk, yet in its fairy-tale scenes Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s masterpiece bears an enciphered profound message about the fundamental order of forces, elements, energies and passions in the natural, and therefore also human, world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here we are taking our seats in our own private boxes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the opera, we returned to Cafe Slavia for one final group dessert!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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