J. K. Tyl Theatre
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Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre is a main theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic
. The theatre was built between 1899-1902 in the neo-renaissance
style with some art nouveau
elements to the design of Antonin Balsanek. Every year the theatre performs some 18 premieres of drama, operas, operettas, ballets or musicals.
In front of the façade stands a statue of Josef Kajetán Tyl
by Alois Soper.
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. The theatre was built between 1899-1902 in the neo-renaissance
Neo-Renaissance
Renaissance Revival is an all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian nor Gothic but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes...
style with some art nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
elements to the design of Antonin Balsanek. Every year the theatre performs some 18 premieres of drama, operas, operettas, ballets or musicals.
In front of the façade stands a statue of Josef Kajetán Tyl
Josef Kajetán Tyl
Josef Kajetán Tyl was a significant Czech dramatist, writer and actor. He was a notable figure of the Czech National Revival movement and is best known as the author of the current national anthem of the Czech Republic titled Kde domov můj.-Life:Josef Kajetán Tyl was the first-born son of Jiří...
by Alois Soper.
Drama
- Andrea ČernáAndrea ČernáAndrea Černá is a Czech theatrical and television actress, born 13 February 1977 in Karlovy Vary. Her surname is pronounced czer-na:. She studied at the Prague Conservatory. - Filmography :*Pátá žena *10 způsobů...
, Vilém Dubnička, Kristýna Hlaváčková, Martin Chmelař, Antonín Kaška, Zorka Kostková, Klára Kovaříková, Miloslav Krejsa, Štěpánka Křesťanová, Jana Kubátová, Jan Maléř, Zdeněk Mucha, Josef Nechutný, Pavel Pavlovský, Miroslav Popek, Antonín ProcházkaAntonín Procházka (actor)- Biography :Antonín aka Plzeň´s Moliére or Woody Allen. He was born 25 December 1953 in Kroměříž, Czechoslovakia. He studied at the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He is husband of actress Štěpánka Křesťanová and father of actor Antonín Procházka jr...
, Zdeněk RohlíčekZdeněk RohlíčekZdeněk Rohlíček is a Czech actor known especially for his stage work. He is a son of Zdenek Rohlicek and Czech actress Eva Hruskova. He has two younger brothers - Pavel and Vojtech.-Biography:...
, Eva Rovenská, Tomáš Stolařík, Martin Stránský, Michal Štěrba, Michal Štrich, Monika Švábová, Kateřina Vinická, Viktor Vrabec, Jakub Zindulka
Musical
- Soňa Borková, Venuše Dvořáková, Jan Kaštovský, Bronislav Kotiš, Roman Krebs, Michaela Rybicka, Radek Štědronský Shejbal, Hana Sýkorová-Spinethová, Stáňa Topinková-Fořtová, Jiří Untermüller
Opera
- Jan Adamec, Valentina Chavdarová, Jiří Hájek, Pavel Horáček, Tomáš Jindra, Tomáš Kořínek, Richard Samek, Radka Sehnoutková, Yevhen Shokalo, Ivana Šaková, Jana Tetourová, Dalibor Tolaš, Ivana Veberová
Recent and Present Productions
- Adriana LecouvreurAdriana LecouvreurAdriana Lecouvreur is an opera in four acts by Francesco Cilea to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play by Eugène Scribe and Ernest Legouvé...
by Francesco Cilea (O) - Akvabely by David Drábek (D)
- 'Art''Art' (play)‘Art’ is a French language play by Yasmina Reza that premiered on 28 October 1994 at Comédie des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The English language adaptation, translated by Christopher Hampton opened in London's West End on 15 October 1996, starring Albert Finney. It played on Broadway in New York...
by Yasmina Reza (D) - The Barber of SevilleThe Barber of SevilleThe Barber of Seville, or The Futile Precaution is an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's comedy Le Barbier de Séville , which was originally an opéra comique, or a mixture of spoken play with music...
by Gioachino Rossini (O) - The Bartered BrideThe Bartered BrideThe Bartered Bride is a comic opera in three acts by the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, to a libretto by Karel Sabina. The opera is considered to have made a major contribution towards the development of Czech music. It was composed during the period 1863–66, and first performed at the...
by Bedřich Smetana (O) - Bohema by Giacomo Puccini (O)
- Čachtická paní by Petr Malásek (B)
- CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
by George Bizet (O) - Celebrity s.r.o.Celebrity s.r.o.Celebrity s.r.o. is a comedy play written by actor and director Antonín Procházka. The play premiered in 2008 in the J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic- Story :...
by Antonín Procházka (D) - ChicagoChicago (musical)Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
by John Kander and Fred Ebb (M) - CoppéliaCoppéliaCoppélia is a sentimental comic ballet with original choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon to a ballet libretto by Saint-Léon and Charles Nuitter and music by Léo Delibes. It was based upon two macabre stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, Der Sandmann , and Die Puppe...
by Léo Delibes (B) - Cyrano de BergeracCyrano de Bergerac (play)Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....
by Edmond Rostand (D) - Dáma na kolejích by J. Bažant, J. Malásek, V. Hála (M)
- The Duchess of Chicago by Emmerich Kálmán, Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald (operetta)
- Edith - Piaf from the suburb by Petr Malásek (B)
- FaustFaust (opera)Faust is a drame lyrique in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part 1...
by Charles Gounod (B) - Huis closNo ExitNo Exit is a 1944 existentialist French play by Jean-Paul Sartre. The original French title is Huis Clos, the French equivalent of the legal term in camera, referring to a private discussion behind closed doors; English translations have also been performed under the titles In Camera, No Way Out...
by Jean-Paul Sartre (D) - JenůfaJenufaJenůfa is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the play Její pastorkyňa by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed at the Brno Theater, Brno, 21 January 1904...
by Leoš Janáček (O) - The Jungle Book by Radek Balas and Ondrej Brousek (M)
- Kolochava by Petr Ulrych and Stanislav Mosa (M)
- La dama del alba by Alejandro Casona (D)
- Lantern (Lucerna) by Alois Jirásek (D)
- Leaving (Odcházení)Leaving (play)Leaving is a 2007 tragicomedic play by Václav Havel. Although Havel has had an extensive career as a playwright, Leaving is his first play in over twenty years. The play premiered at Archa Theatre in Prague on May 22, 2008. The play is composed of five acts and requires eleven men, six women, and...
by Václav Havel (D) - Lemonade JoeLemonade JoeLemonade Joe , is a 1964 Czechoslovak comedy film, directed by Oldřich Lipský and written by Jiří Brdečka, based on his own novel and theatre play. The film, a parody of old-time westerns, became a cult classic in Czechoslovakia, and apparently Henry Fonda was amongst its foreign admirers...
by Jiři Brdečka (M) - Like Totally WeirdLike Totally WeirdLike Totally Weird is a comedy play by William Mastrosimone.- Divadlo J. K. Tyla :*Directed by Martin Vokoun. The play had premiere in 13th December 2008 in J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň. Czech name is Jako naprostý šílenci....
by William Mastrosimone (D) - The Merry Wives of WindsorThe Merry Wives of Windsor (opera)The Merry Wives of Windsor is an opera in three acts by Otto Nicolai to a German libretto by Hermann Salomon Mosenthal, based on the play The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare....
by Otto Nicolai, based on the play by William Shakespeare (O) - MaryšaMaryšaMaryša is a classical drama by brothers Alois Mrštík and Vilém Mrštík from 1894.- Divadlo J. K. Tyla :*Directed by Alena Pešková. The play had premiere in 14th March 2009 in J. K. Tyl Theatre in Plzeň....
by Alois Mrštík and Vilém Mrštík (O) - Maryša by P.Wajsar (B)
- Monty Python's SpamalotSpamalotMonty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre...
by John Du Prez and Eric Idle (M) - NabuccoNabuccoNabucco is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera, based on the Biblical story and the 1836 play by Auguste Anicet-Bourgeois and Francis Cornue...
by Giuseppe Verdi (O) - The NutcrackerThe NutcrackerThe Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King". It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St...
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B) - Our Swaggerers by Ladislav Stroupežnický (D)
- Portugal by Zoltan Egressy (D)
- Promises, PromisesPromises, PromisesPromises, Promises is a musical based on the 1960 film The Apartment. The music is by Burt Bacharach, lyrics by Hal David, and book by Neil Simon. Musical numbers for the original Broadway production were choreographed by Michael Bennett; Robert Moore directed and David Merrick produced...
by Neil Simon (M) - Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
by William Shakespeare (D) - RumorsRumorsRumors is a farcical play by Neil Simon.At its start, several affluent couples gather in the posh suburban residence of a couple for a dinner party celebrating their hosts' tenth anniversary. When they arrive, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing, and the host - the deputy...
by Neil Simon (D) - RusalkaRusalka (opera)Rusalka is an opera by Antonín Dvořák. The Czech libretto was written by the poet Jaroslav Kvapil based on the fairy tales of Karel Jaromír Erben and Božena Němcová. Rusalka is one of the most successful Czech operas, and represents a cornerstone of the repertoire of Czech opera houses...
by Antonín Dvořák (O) - SalomeSalome (opera)Salome is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann’s German translation of the French play Salomé by Oscar Wilde. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer....
by Richard Strauss (O) - Singin' in the RainSingin' in the Rain (musical)Singin' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.Adapted from the 1952 movie of the same name, the plot closely adheres to the original...
by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown (M) - The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B)
- Swan LakeSwan LakeSwan Lake ballet, op. 20, by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, composed 1875–1876. The scenario, initially in four acts, was fashioned from Russian folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger...
by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B) - The Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
by William Shakespeare (D) - The Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the ShrewThe Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1591.The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the Induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself...
by William Shakespeare (D) - Thoroughly Modern MillieThoroughly Modern Millie (musical)Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for...
by Jeanine Tesori (M) - The Two WidowsThe Two WidowsThe Two Widows is a two-act Czech opera by Bedřich Smetana based on the libretto of Emanuel Züngel. The libretto is based on Jean Pierre Felicien Mallefille's one-act play "Les deux veuves." The opera was composed between June 1873 and January 1874, with its first première on March 27th, 1874 at...
by Bedřich Smetana (O) - Uličnice by Jára Beneš (M)
- Uncle VanyaUncle VanyaUncle Vanya is a play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. It was first published in 1897 and received its Moscow première in 1899 in a production by the Moscow Art Theatre, under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski....
by Anton Chekhov (D) - Válka ve sborovně aneb Habada a Jordán by Václav Štech (D)
- Ve statnim zajmu by Antonín Procházka (D)
- Zorba by Joseph Stein, Fred Ebb and John Kander (M)