Event date
11 / 07 / 2025 - Friday 21:00
Event venue
Event type
Main Concerts
Unexpected Baroque
Music by Baroque masters, dancing on the water, surprising artistic concepts and of famous soloists. The opening concert will be crowned by baroque illuminations and fireworks.
Artists
Simona Houda-Šaturová – soprano
Pacho Flores – trumpet
Ida Victoria Nowakovska – choreography
RunOperun – direction
Vojtěch Spurný – conductor
Barocco sempre giovane
Program
Johann Sebastian Bach: Braniborský koncert č. 3 BWV 1048 G dur
Georg Friedrich Händel: Messiah HWV 56 „Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion“
Georg Friedrich Händel: Solomon HWV 67 Act III Sinfonia“ The arrival of the Queen of Sheba“
Georg Friedrich Händel: Rinaldo HWV 7a „Lascia ch'io pianga“
Antonio Vivaldi: Agitata da dua venti RV 718
Antonio Vivaldi: La fida ninfa, Sinfonia RV 725
Georg Friedrich Händel: Samson HWV 57 „Let the Bright Seraphim“
Johann Sebastian Bach: Agnus Dei BWV 232
Louis Claude Daquin: Le Coucou
Henry Purcell: Abdelazer (or The Moor´s Revenge) Z. 570 I. Ouverture, II. Rondeau
Jan Křtitel Jiří Neruda: Koncert pro trubku a orchestr Es dur I. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantate No. 51 Jauchzet Gott Aria „Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“
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Simona Houda-Šaturová
Simona Houda-Šaturová is a sought-after interpreter of Mozart figures and repertoire from the Italian bel canto period, as well as a renowned concert singer. Highlights of recent seasons include collaborations with the Vienna Philharmonic and Herbert Blomstedt, the Staatskapelle Dresden and Manfred Honeck, the Munich Philharmonic and Tokyo Symphony with Krzysztof Urbanski, and the Czech Philharmonic with Christoph Eschenbach and Tomas Netopil, the Vienna Symphony and Lucerne Festival Orchestra with Andrés Orozco-Estrada, the Boston Symphony and Charles Dutoit at Tanglewood, the Mozarteumorchester and Riccardo Minasi at the Salzburg Festival, the Orchestre National de Paris and Jukka-Pekka Saraste, etc. She has performed at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Semperoper in Dresden, the Theater an der Wien, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, the National Theatre in Prague, etc. Her extensive discography includes the soundtrack to Il Boemo for Warner Music in collaboration with Collegio 1704 and Václav Luks.
Pacho Flores
Winner of the Maurice André Competition, the most renowned trumpet competition in the world, Venezuelan Pacho Flores is also first prize winner of the Philip Jones and Cittá di Porcia international competitions. Pacho Flores has performed with the Kiev Philharmonic Orchestra, the Camerata of St. Petersburg, the Orchestral Ensemble of Paris, the Orchestre de la Garde Républicaine, the NHK Orchestra of Japan, the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra and the Arctic Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. He has given recitals in prestigious concert halls such as Carnegie Hall in New York, Pleyel Hall in Paris and Opera City in Tokyo, and toured Europe, South America, the United States and Japan, and is one of the founding members of the Simón Bolívar Wind Quintet. Pacho Flóres founded and directs the Latin American Trumpet Academy in Venezuela, which trains young talent. Among other things, he is dedicated to contemporary performance and has given world premieres of several works.
Ida Victoria Nowakovska
Polish-American artist and a television personality. Professional dancer, vocalist and actress of theatre, musical and film, choreographer. Rated by Forbes Woman as one of the most valuable personal brands in Poland. Graduate of the State Ballet School. Winner of many dance awards, including the Grand Prix Gold Pointe, 1st place in Europe in Tap Dance in Prague, 1st place in Contemporary Dance. Her teacher in America was the most outstanding dancer Leslie Browne, who played the main role in the film “The Turning Point”. She performed at the Metropolitan Opera and Lincoln Center in the USA, and in many musicals (Cats, Dance of the Vampires, Phantom of the Opera). Winner of a triple platinum album for the role of Meg Gira in the musical “The Phantom of the Opera”. Juror in the American program “The World’s Best” CBS TV. She was the only one in the world to be a participant, host and juror in the program So You Think You Can Dance. A graduate of UCLA – one of the best universities in the USA, a prestigious department of television, film and theater in the USA, and the department of Political Science. She hosts the most important and prestigious television programs, shows and concerts. Winner of the most important media awards: including – Wiktor Publiczności, two BohaterON, Star of the Year by Party magazine, Talent of the Year by Glamour magazine and the title of “Charismatic Media Personality and Outstanding Stage Artist”. A professional film and musical actress. She played, among others, the main role in the American production “Out of Reach” with Steven Seagal. As the only host in the history of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, she was asked to host the JESC final two years in a row (2019, 2020). Host of the Heart of Europe festival galas (2021, 2022), the international television concert Save Ukraine in 2022, the international talent TV show Virtuosos V4+ (broadcast on public television in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia and Poland), she has repeatedly announced the results representing Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest finals.
RunOperun
The artistic collective RunOperun, founded in 2015, has as its main goal to bring opera closer to audiences who are far from this genre. It responds to contemporary events in the world and places opera as an equal partner among other branches of the cultural industry. The creators of opera performances are themselves graduates of artistic disciplines studying or having studied artistic disciplines such as directing, dramaturgy, scenography, lighting design, acting, singing, musical instruments or music production. Together, as a community of artists who share values that they discuss with each other, they create coherent projects with a clear vision. Thanks to RUN OPERUN, opera can be heard in a club, at Prague Castle and in the streets of Olomouc. RunOperun makes the waiters or cleaners sing, creates tailor-made chamber concerts and elaborate cultural programmes for the whole evening. This brings classical music to places other than those seemingly intended for it. All this in interaction with the audience, with respect to place and occasion.
Vojtěch Spurný
Czech musician and conductor Vojtěch Spurný studied flute and piano at the Prague Conservatory, opera direction, conducting and harpsichord at the Music Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and harpsichord and early music at the Utrecht University of Music. He has also studied with renowned performers such as Helmut Rilling, Johann Sonnleitner and Kenneth Gilbert. He was conductor and artistic director of the Prague State Opera, chief conductor of the opera of the Silesian Theatre in Opava and chief conductor of the Bohuslav Martinů Philharmonic in Zlín. He is currently guest conductor of the South Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra and regularly collaborates with other Czech symphony orchestras. As a player of historical keyboard instruments (clavichord, harpsichord, hammered and quarter-tone piano) he is engaged in concert activities. He teaches at the Church Conservatory of the German Order in Opava and at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava.
Barocco sempre giovane
The chamber ensemble Barocco sempre giovane (Baroque still young), which consists of young Czech musicians, was founded in 2004. Originally specialising in the performance of works from the High Baroque period, it now performs music from all historical periods, including contemporary music with many world premieres. The ensemble performs at major music festivals and collaborates with leading Czech and international artists. It pays special attention to cooperation with young artists, laureates of important international competitions, especially with winners of the Fritz Kreisler Competition in Vienna, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels and the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Little Lake, Castle Park
Music returns to the island in the castle after a quarter of a century. The last time you could experience this unique concert was during the festival in 1995, that is a quarter of a century ago. The pond is located at the end of the castle garden, which invites you to take a walk in the avenues of limes. […]
