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The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

celebrated its 100th anniversary

by winning two Thalia Awards

The 101st season has begun at the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre this year. The theatre,

consisting of four artistic ensembles and performing on three permanent stages, is the biggest

cultural institution in Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian region. The historical Antonín Dvořák

Theatre building is home to opera, but the audience may also see drama or ballet there as well. The

reconstructed Jiří Myron Theatre is home to operetta/musical ensemble. In addition, drama plays

and modern ballets are performed there too. The reconstruction allows for the creation of a new

chamber Theatre “12” for 60 people - where drama plays, operas and musicals are introduced.

The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre is popular

here in the region, and moreover, theatre troupes give

performances on other Czech and foreign stages as well

as at festivals.

The artists of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre

receive prestigious awards on a regular basis. The Thalia

Awards jury awarded two awards from four nominations

to our theatre in October 2019.

Soprano Kateřina Kněžíková won the admiration of the

jury as the titular femme fatale in Bohuslav Martinů’s opera

Juliette, or the Key of Dreams. “The role of Juliette is awesome

and most important for me is that the audience likes the

role. In this case, everything went great and the staging is

successful,” claims Kateřina Kněžíková. Currently, the singer

is appearing in the role of Rusalka, the main protagonist

in Antonín Dvořák’s eponymous opera. “Rusalka is a dream

come true! Theatres here in Ostrava are great and I am glad

that my dreams come true right where it feels like home

to me,” said the sought-after opera singer, who is originally

from Bohumín and sometimes performs together with her

husband, Adam Plachetka.

Martina Šnytová won Thalia for the role of Reno Sweeney

in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes. National Moravian-Silesian

Theatre director Jiří Nekvasil could not contain his joy.

Kateřina Kněžíková zpívá v novém nastudování

Dvořákovy opery Rusalka.

Kateřina Kněžíková sings in a new rendition of Dvořák’s

opera Rusalka.

“Martina has earned the support of the operetta/musical

ensemble and she certainly deserves this award she worked

so hard for,” he said. Musical roles are the hardest these

days. Protagonists have to sing, act, dance, and they almost

have no time off-stage during a performance. Musicals are

the most popular among audiences today and the majority

of our productions have been repeated and sold out many

times.

This is also the case of Jason Robert Brown’s chamber

musical The Last Five Years, our new production for the

101st season, in which Šnytová portrays not-very successful

actress Cathy. The audience may know Šnytová as Juliet

from Romeo and Juliet created by Boris Urbánek, Jaromír

Nohavica, Jiří Josek, and Šimon Caban, or as Mary

Magdalene from Jesus Christ Superstar by Tim Rice and

Andrew Lloyd Webber. She also acts in the horror musical

Rebecca based on Daphne du Maurier’s novel, and

in John Hodge’s drama Collaborators which deals with the

switching of roles between Stalin and Mikhail Bulgakov.

A complete programme for the National Moravian-Silesian

Theatre may be found at www.ndm.cz/en/

We offer companies out tickets as an employee’s benefits.

Contact: Markéta Chlebová

(marketa.chlebova@ndm.cz; +420 734 304 344)

Text:

Šárka

Swiderová

Foto:

Lucie

Maceczková

(Thálie)

Foto:

Martin Popelář

(představení

Rusalka

a Děj se co děj)

www.ndm.cz

Martina Šnytová jako Reno Sweeney v muzikálu Colea Portera Děj se co děj.

Martina Šnytová as Reno Sweeney in Cole Porter’s musical Anything Goes.

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