September 2005

Hypnotic rock The French ambient-electronica duo M83 will perform in Prague as a part of the MOVE festival. Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau debuted in 2001 with their album M83, but Fromageau left the band in 2003 following the release of their second, breakthrough album Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts. This album earned them fans not only at home, but in the US and the UK as well, putting the French label Gooom on the indie music map. The third album, Before the Dawn Heals Us, was released in March 2005. After the Prague performance, M83 is planning a tour through Japan. The Belgian group Soldout will open the concert. Festival MOVE: M83 (Fr.) & Soldout (Be.), Palác Akropolis September 17 from 7:00 pm, tickets CZK 300-350 Women on the verge This performance is made up of two captivating dramatic portraits of entirely different women who found themselves in some sort of life crisis. The first part is about New Yorker Elisabeth Stevenson (Barbora Kodetová) who, after a series of frightening, threatening phone calls, realizes that her beloved husband is trying to kill her. The second part depicts seventeen ordinary days in the life of Magda Klimková (Anna Šišková), an unsuccessful actress from Warsaw who is willing to do anything to get her seven-year-old son Jašek to finally crawl out from under the table, where he has been hiding for many weeks in response to his parents’ painful divorce. L. Fletcher: Promiňte, omyl! a A. Maleszka: Jašek, Švandovo divadlo premiere September 5, then daily until Sept. 10, from 7 pm, CZK 280-360

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Theater
1.-18. 9. – Léto hereckých osobností 2005, Švandovo divadlo
1.-10. 9. – Summer Shakespeare Festival 2005, Nejvyšší purkrabství Pražského hradu
5.-10. 9. – Ženy mezi nebem a zemí – premiere, Švandovo divadlo, 19:00
7. 9. – Caveman, Divadlo U hasičů, 19:30
12. 9. – Sex noci svatojánské, Činoherní klub, 19:30
13. 9. – Oddací list, Divadlo Rokoko, 19:00
14. 9. – School of Gossips, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
14. 9. – Caveman, Divadlo U hasičů, 19:30
15. 9. – Fiddler On the Roof, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, 19:30
15. 9. – Our Uppish and Defiant Fellows, Národní divadlo, 19:00
18. 9. – Absolvent, Švandovo divadlo, 19:00
19. 9. – Kosmonautův poslední vzkaz, Divadlo Na zábradlí, 19:00
20. 9. – The Baronesses, Divadlo Kalich, 19:00
21. 9. – Our Uppish and Defiant Fellows, Národní divadlo, 19:00
22. 9. – Hero of the West, Divadlo v Dlouhé, 19:00
25. 9. – Lantern, Národní divadlo, 19:00
26. 9. – Gazdina roba, Divadlo Na zábradlí, 19:00
27. 9. – U cíle, Divadlo Komedie, 19:30
29. 9. – Mouse Trap, Divadlo v Dlouhé, 19:00
30. 9. – Fiddler On the Roof, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, 19:30

Dance
4.-5. 9. – Lucrezia Borgia, Národní divadlo, 19:00
5. 9. – Time of Pain, Státní opera Praha, 19:00
7.-8. 9. – Paco Decina, Divadlo Komedie, 19:30
10. 9. – “Balettemania”, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
12. 9. – “Balettemania”, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
24. 9. – Family Album, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
29. 9. – Swan Lake, Národní divadlo, 19:00

Opera
6. 9. – Le Nozze di Figaro, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
10. 9. – Nabucco, Státní opera Praha, 19:00
11. 9. – Tosca, Státní opera Praha, 19:00
13. 9. – The Magic Flute, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
16. 9. – Jenůfa, Národní divadlo, 19:00
17. 9. – La Traviata, Národní divadlo, 19:00
18. 9. – Don Giovanni, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
22. 9. – The Bartered Bride, Národní divadlo, 19:00
23. 9. – Le Nozze di Figaro, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
24. 9. – Adriana Lecouvreur, Národní divadlo, 19:00
24. 9. – Il Trovatore, Státní opera Praha, 19:00
25. 9. – Nabucco, Státní opera Praha, 19:00
27. 9. – Jenůfa, Národní divadlo, 19:00
28. 9. – Libuše, Národní divadlo, 19:00
29. 9. – The Magic Flute, Stavovské divadlo, 19:00
30. 9. – Tosca, Státní opera Praha, 19:00

Classical music
9. 9. – “Little Mozart”, Divadlo Rokoko, 19:00
12.-30. 9. – Prague Autumn 2005, various venues
18. 9. – Carmina Burana, Obecní dům – Smetanova síň, 20:00
18.-19. 9. – Bambini di Praga, Kostel sv. Mikuláše, 20:00
24. 9. – European Flute Academy Fiss, Bertramka – Muzeum W.A. Mozarta, 17:00
29. 9. – Concert from Cycle: “Prague – the City of Music”, Bertramka – Muzeum W.A. Mozarta, 17:00

Modern music
5. 9. – The Walkabouts, Transmissionary six, Palác Akropolis, 19:30
8.-9. 9. – Madfinger, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
9. 9. – Musafir, Palác Akropolis, 19:30
12.-13. 9. – Luboš Andršt Group, Agharta Jazz Centrum, 21:00
15. 9. – Nezmaři, KC Zahrada, 19:00
15. 9. – Rebel ladies of Czech music: Bára Basiková & Precedens, Městská knihovna – Velký sál, 19:30
16. 9. – Jazz Revue, Jazzboat – Loď Kotva, 20:30
18. 9. – 10 let za nebeskou bránou, Palác Akropolis, 19:30
24. 9. – Svatobor Macák Quartet, Jazzboat – Loď Kotva, 20:30
25. 9. – Peter Lipa Band, Palác Akropolis, 19:30
27. 9. – Jazz Revue, Jazzboat – Loď Kotva, 20:30
30. 9. – Cuban Summer, Jazzboat – Loď Kotva, 20:30

SPORT
20. 9. – Eurofighter, T-Mobile Arena, 17:30

Other entertainment
1.-10. 9. – Hamlet, Divadlo Kalich, 20:30
5.-29. 9. – Love Is Love, Divadlo Ta Fantastika, 18:00
15.-30. 9. – Miss Saigon, GoJa Music Hall, 19:00, Sat 14:30
16.-30. 9. – Three Musketeers, Divadlo Broadway, 18:30, Sat 14:30
16.-30. 9. – Cats, Divadlo Milénium, 19:00, Sat 14:00
17. 9. – Divotvorný hrnec, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, 15:00
17. 9. – Excalibur, Divadlo Ta Fantastika, 18:00
21.-30. 9. – The Secret, Divadlo Kalich, 19:00, Sat 14:00
23. 9. – Divotvorný hrnec, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, 19:30
24. 9. – Excalibur, Divadlo Ta Fantastika, 18:00
27. 9. – Funny Girl, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, 19:30

Images of coarse youth

Around the end of the 1950s Prague native Jan Bartůšek (1935-1993) was starting to become one of the noteworthy photographers in the Mladý svět magazine circle. He and Leoš Nebor, Pavel Dias, and Miroslav Huck preferred working with photographs of the everyday lives of young people. The gradual easing of the ideological grip on society was also apparent in the students’ May festival in 1965, when the American beatnik poet Alan Ginsberg visited Prague and was voted King of the May Festival. This chamber exhibition is reminiscent of other – coarser – documentary works by Bartůšek.

Jan Bartůšek: Fotografie, Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze
September 8 to December 4, open daily except Monday from 8 am to 6 pm, tickets CZK 80, 40 (reduced)

Violin christening

In April renowned Czech vocalist, composer, and violinist Iva Bittová, together with the Bang On a Can All Stars band, presented their new project in Carnegie Hall, New York. The musical work called Elida was released on CD in the US in June. The Czech “christening” of the album will take place at Divadlo Archa, where each evening their joint performance will be opened by a different program. The event was promoted by the Carnegie Hall management, who wanted to present this musician in a new, original project following Bittová’s success last year as Elvira in the opera Don Giovanni.

Iva Bittová a Bang On a Can: Elida, Divadlo Archa
September 11, 12 from 8 pm, tickets CZK 490, 250 (reduced)

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