Besides his great successes in the USA and his Czech homeland, Antonín Dvoák was also highly esteemed in Great Britain. With a commission from England, he wrote the gothic cantata »The Spectre’s Bride« for his British fans in 1885. This monumental choral work captures the dramatic atmosphere of the story perfectly in music and became frenetically acclaimed. Dvoák’s compatriot, the conductor Jakub Hra, carries on this Czech-British friendship from September 2025 as the musical director of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. On their first joint concert tour, they stop off at the Elbphilharmonie.
PERFORMERS
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House orchestra
Royal Opera Chorus choir
William Spaulding choir director
Kateina Kníková soprano
Nicky Spence tenor
Pavol Kubán baritone
Jakub Hra conductor
PROGRAM
Béla Bartók
Suite from »The Miraculous Mandarin«, Sz 73
- Interval -
Antonín Dvoák
The Spectre’s Bride
In Czech with German surtitles
