Each day performances intended for visitors populate beautiful halls and churches with music of the crowd-pleasing sort: Vivaldi, Best of Mozart, Most Famous Arias, and works by the well-known Czech composer Antonín Dvořák. Classical music Prague has two well-known established concert halls – the Dvořák Hall in Rudolfinum and …
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Concert Halls and Music Venues in Prague
Along with the dedicated concert halls, Prague’s many churches and Baroque palaces also serve as performance venues, staging choral performances, organ recitals, string quartets, brass ensembles and even full orchestras. THE HOUSE WITH THE STONE BELL Prague 1, Staré Mesto, Staromestské square 13 Getting there: underground lines A, B …
Read More »Well-Known Composers Linked to Prague
All the three main composers linked to Prague—Smetana, Dvořák and Mozart—have a museum dedicated to their work and life in the city. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – (1756 to 1791) Throughout his frequent trips to Prague, Mozart lodged with friends in the small, picturesque, Neoclassic Villa Bertramka, now called the …
Read More »Advance Tickets Sale
Tickets for opera and other venues There is no central office to buy tickets. You will have to buy from each individual box office (which is usually much cheaper) compared to buying from street ticket, online or travel agent sellers. Tickets for major acts at these venues are usually cheaper …
Read More »Ballroom Dancing
The tradition of formal balls lives on in the 21st-century Czech Republic. And in contrast to many other EU countries, the balls held here are not restricted to the highest social levels, but in fact attract a broad spectrum of the public. Ladies in sweeping gowns and gentlemen in their …
Read More »State Opera (Statni Opera)
North of the museum along Wilsonova, next to the Parliament building, is the massive building of the Prague State Opera (Státní opera). The State Opera was first opened in 1888 as the Neues Deutches Theatre (as a Prague German stage with the performance of Wagner’s opera, The Mastersingers of Nürnberg). …
Read More »Concerts in Prague’s Gardens
Prague’s grand concert halls and theatres may be shuttered for the summer, but the warm weather and daylight hours, which linger past 9pm, give concert organisers a chance to get creative outdoors. One of the nicest ways to spend a summer evening in Prague is in one of the charming …
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