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STATE THEATER (STAVOVSKÉ DIVADLO)

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Ovocný Trh, Prague, Czech Republic
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2024
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It owes its name, "Theatre of the States", to the Bohemian States that subsidized its construction in 1783. It was largely financed by Joseph II and displays a very elegant neoclassical style. Prague's oldest theatre owes its fame to the fact that it hosted the world premiere of Don Giovanni under the baton of its creator W.-A. Mozart (who had already conducted The Marriage of Figaro here). Today, the building is perfectly rehabilitated and it is a real pleasure to attend a show in the neobaroque decorated hall. This theatre is also famous for having been the site of the first Czech-language performances during the period of the "National Revival", when the official language was German. Today, ballets and operas are performed there, mostly from Mozart's repertoire. The theatre is curiously located between two long squares: Ovocný Trh, the former fruit market, and Uhelný Trh, the former coal market. In the space between these two squares lay the old city of St. Gallen, a Romanesque town built at the foot of the Old Town walls around 1225. Also in front of the facade of this theatre, on Ovocný Trh Square, there is a small ice rink accessible to all in winter (only skates can be rented for a fee): one of the most beautiful attractions in Prague in winter for those who love romantic clichés!

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michalak
Visited in march 2017
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La salle de concert n'est pas très grande mais d'une élégance extrême avec ses boiseries tilleul et ses velours d'un très joli vert bouteille.
Un lieu ravissant et la représentation de Don Giovanni à laquelle nous avons assisté ce samedi ne manquait pas d'allure. Bien sûr, ce n'étaient pas les grandes stars de la scène lyrique mondiale sui chantaient , que des chanteurs tchèques mais qui tenaient parfaitement leurs rôles, surtout Don Giovanni et Leporello.
Mise en scène plutôt réussie et, cerise sur le gâteau, un public enthousiaste et bien habillé, pas mal de smoking et de robes longues. On ne voit plus ca à Bastille hélas !
LukaOudini
Visited in august 2016
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Magnifique théâtre. J'y suis allée pour voir Don Giovanni, l'endroit même où Mozart a dirigé l'oeuvre pour la première fois. J'en ai profité pour réserver une loge, elles sont spacieuses et intimes. Le théâtre est climatisé en été. Je le recommande fortement!

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