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Prom 45: Janáček: The Makropulos Affair
Part of the BBC Proms 2016 Series
Add to my Calendar 19-08-2016 19:30 19-08-2016 21:30 36 Prom 45: Janáček: The Makropulos Affair A dream team gathers for Janáček’s late, great existential masterpiece The Makropulos Affair. This tragic satire is powered by a score that contains some of the composer’s most extreme and alluring music. The Finnish soprano acclaimed for her ‘electrifying’ portrayal of the opera’s heroine, Emilia Marty, at the Met in New York, is joined by Czech musicians including the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate Jiří Běhlohlávek. There will be one interval Royal Albert Hall, London DD/MM/YYYYDetails
Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore
Kensington
London
SW7 2AP
England
Programme
Leoš Janáček – The Makropulos Affair
Performers
Karita Mattila – voice
Aleš Briscein – voice
Gustáv Beláček – voice
Jan Vacík – voice
Eva Štěrbová – voice
Svatopluk Sem – voice
Aleš Voráček – voice
Jan Ježek – voice
Jiří Klecker – stage technician
Yvona Škvárová – voice
Jana Hrochová – voice
Jiří Bělohlávek – Conductor
Kenneth Richardson – stage director
Aleš Briscein – voice
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra
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Programme Note
A dream team gathers for Janáček’s late, great existential masterpiece The Makropulos Affair. This tragic satire is powered by a score that contains some of the composer’s most extreme and alluring music.
The Finnish soprano acclaimed for her ‘electrifying’ portrayal of the opera’s heroine, Emilia Marty, at the Met in New York, is joined by Czech musicians including the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Conductor Laureate Jiří Běhlohlávek.
There will be one interval