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Saturday and Sunday 1, 2 July

The concert version performance of Jabuka is part of the big European Strauss Stage Festival whose aim is to present all stage works by Johann Strauss. The Festival was inaugurated in 2004 with the operetta Simplicius presented in Coburg, Germany. The staging will be at the Spilberk Castle in Brno and is the first step for other performances to follow in various European cities.

Artists are participating from four countries: the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. The production is prepared in two versions, one for German speaking audiences, the second for Czech and Slovak, in order for the audience to follow the plot and characters easily. Set out below is the program for the outdoor concert performances of Jabuka together with other events organized by the Czech Johann Strauss Society. This is a unique opportunity to see a rare Johann Strauss masterpiece complete in its original score, with a full orchestra and choir.

Jabuka (Das Apfelfest), Operetta in 3 Acts by Johann Strauss. Text Max Kalbeck and Gustav Davis. Musical director, Conductor Christian Pollack with the European Johann Strauss Orchestra and soloists from Vienna. Artistic Director Jiri Preisinger with the Gaudeamus Chorus Brno and Ballet members from the Brno National Theater.

Sunday 3 July (all events at Slavkov Castle)

10.00 - 12.00

Talk on Jabuka by Prof. Christian Pollack, Norbert Rubey and Vojen Drlik, followed by buffet meal.

17.00

Gala Concert by Johann Strauss Orchestra Coburg/Die flotten Geister, Miro Dvorsky soloist.

For air travel, Ryanair are now flying direct to Brno from Stanstead Airport in the UK but it is easily accessible from Vienna and Prague.

Johann Strauss Festival in Bucharest, Romania 21-27 August 2005

Sunday 21 August

19.00

Opening Gala Concert to be given by the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra in the Athenaeum. Conductor - Micheal Dittrich

Monday 22 August

09.00

Sightseeing tour of Bucharest for foreign participants.

20.00

Organ Recital of Viennese and related music to be given by Donald MacKenzie.

Tuesday 23 August

20.00

Concert to be given by the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra in the Athenaeum.

Wednesday 24 August

20.00

Concert to be given by the National Radio Orchestra in the Radio Hall or Athenaeum. Conductor John Georgiadis.

Thursday 25 August

20.00

Smaller concert or modern jazz evening: Harry Tavitian

Friday 26 August

20.00

Concert to be given by the Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra in the Athenaeum.

Saturday 27 August

 

Closing Gala Concert, followed by a Festival Ball. (By invitation).

Operettas on the Continent from December 2004 and in 2005

Please note that you must check with the theatre's website, or otherwise, to confirm dates, prices and bookings. We are not responsible for any changes or errors.

Augsburg: Theater Augsburg

Johann Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron (open-air at Freilichtbühne am Roten Tor, (25th June 2005)

Revivals: Kálmán: Die Herzogin von Chicago

Bad Ischl: Lehár-Festival 2005

Lehár: Eva (July)
Millöcker: Der Bettelstudent (July)

Baden bei Wien

Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld (from 25th December)
Lehár: Der Zarewitsch (22nd January 2005)
Abraham: Die Blume von Hawaii (26th February 2005)

Berlin: Neuköllner Oper

Fall: Die Rose von Stambul (20th January 2005)

Brasschaat (Belgium): Muziektheater Brasschaat

Millöcker: Gasparone (29th January 2005)

Bregenz: Bregenzer Festspiele 2005

Johann Strauss: Der lustige Krieg (at Theater am Kornmarkt, (10th August 2005)

Bremgarten (Switzerland): Operettenbühne

Offenbach: La Périchole (March 2005)

Brno (Czech Republic) - Spilberg-Festival

Johann Strauss: Jabuka - (1st and 2nd July 2005).
Concert performance conducted by Christian Pollack

Dessau: Anhaltisches Theater

Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns (17th June 2005)
Offenbach: Le Mariage aux Lanternes / Un Mari ŕ la porte (7th July 2005)

Detmold

Suppč: Boccaccio (1st June 2005)

Dresden: Staatsoperette

Johann Strauss: Der Karneval in Rom (30th April; 21st and 22nd May, and, 16th and 17th June 2005)
Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin (1st July 2005)

Revivals:
Abraham: Viktoria und ihr Husar
Fall: Der fidele Bauer
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe
Zeller: Der Vogelhändler

Düsseldorf: Düsseldorfer Operette

Johann Strauss: Wiener Blut (Freilichtbühne Zons, 23rd June 2005)

Köln: Philharmonie

Concert performances:
Oscar Straus: Colombina / Offenbach: Fortunios Lied (Rundfunkorchester Köln, (11th June 2005)

Kosice (Slovakia)

Johann Strauss: Der Karneval in Rom (Spring 2005)

Leipzig: Musikalische Komödie

Zeller: Der Vogelhändler (5th March 2005)

Revivals:
Abraham: Die Blume von Hawaii
Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin
Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers
Johann Strauss: Wiener Blut Johann Strauss: Der Zigeunerbaron

Vienna Volksoper

Heuberger: Der Opernball
Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin
Johann Strauss: Eine Nacht in Venedig
Johann Strauss: Wiener Blut
Suppč: Boccaccio

Ohio Light Opera Festival - Wooster Ohio USA

Please refer to their website at www.wooster.edu/ohiolightopera for the summer 2005 programme.