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SpotlightThe Estates Theatre - Prague's oldest stage, and Mozart's favourite
It is a key anecdote in Czech musical history: that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
felt better in Prague than anywhere else. That feeling was based - among
other things, no doubt - on his outstanding success at the city’s Estates
Theatre, which was the scene of that and other important moments in Czech
cultural history. And it’s the focus of today’s Spotlight by Christian
Falvey.
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Current AffairsCzech Museum of Music to display "Mozart" piano
Yesterday we reported on a shortage of tone wood which has for centuries
been harvested in South Bohemia to make pianos that even Mozart himself
played in Vienna. As a matter of fact, the Czech Museum of Music owns a
piano which Mozart played in Prague, and the instrument is now on display
in the Czech capital.
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Arts"The People of Prague Pay Homage To Me" - a tribute to Mozart
In this week's Arts, we visit the Mirror Chapel of Prague's Clementinum,
where a new exhibition has just opened. It is part of the MOZART PRAGUE
2006 project launched this year to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth
of the great Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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Czech farmers have produced white carrots! Kafkaesque administration: a
non-existent bridge gets officially abolished. And whatever happened to
the boy who played the young Amadeus in Milos Forman's famous film? Find
out more in Magazine with Daniela Lazarova.
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Czech MusicEncore: Prague and the music of Mozart
Mozart's Don Giovanni is one of the best known operas of all time, but how
many people know that it was written, in part, in Prague and premiered
here in 1787? Mozart had an exceptionally good relationship with the city,
where his music was generally far better appreciated than in Vienna, so it
is apt that Prague is playing a big part in celebrations of Mozart's 250th
birthday this year. More
ArtsVilla Bertramka - Mozart's place of inspiration in Prague
To mark the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth, we visit
the Villa Bertramka, where the great Austrian composer stayed in Prague.
The villa now houses a permanent exhibition devoted to Mozart and his
hosts Josefina and Franz Xaver Dusek - two renowned 18th century
musicians. Dita Asiedu was given a tour by the museum's director Lenka
Pokorna.
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Current AffairsMozart at the centre of a political dispute
He's one of the greats of classical music and you wouldn't expect him to
get mixed up in politics. Yet, more than 200 years after his death
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is at the centre of a dispute between the
far-right Austrian Freedom Party and the Czech tourist agency
Czechtourism.
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ArtsPrague prepares great celebrations for Mozart's 250th birthday
The Theater of Estates - or Stavovske Divadlo - is the last existing
theater where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart featured his operas. Mozart lived in
Prague for some time, and composed a number of pieces here, such as the
Prague Symphony and the opera Don Giovanni. The city is proud of the
heritage of the great composer and since next year is the 250th
anniversary of Mozart's birth, Prague is already now planning great
celebrations. More
Current AffairsCzech-based musicologist claims to have found missing libretto to Mozart's Zaide
For many years Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's operatic work Zaide was regarded
as a fragment. More than an hour of music was preserved but that was only
the arias. Originally they were linked by spoken text, none of which
survived. The German musicologist and conductor Andreas Kroeper, who now
lives in the Czech Republic, says he has found the missing text and has
proved it belonged to Zaide.
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