It was an Enlightenment symbol of culture for the masses, holding up to a thousand people when it opened, but fewer than seven hundred now in this era of larger seats and larger people.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself conducted the successful world premiere of his opera Don Giovanni here in 1787. We’ve actually seen that opera in Vienna, but tonight was our great good fortune to have front row seats for a marvelous production of Die Zauberflöte, The Magic Flute, Mozart’s final opera and one of our very favorite pieces of music.
We’ve seen it in Vancouver, Vienna, and Berlin, but tonight’s venue is special. The concert scenes in the great Amadeus were filmed here.
We first fortified ourselves with an early dinner at one of Prague’s many Italian restaurants, Farina.
Delicious and large portions that we couldn’t finish…
We then made our way to the theatre. It’s easy to find photos of the front, but here you can see what the back looks like.
The sets for productions are moved and stored in those large orange tractor trailers. There’s no space in the building.
We loved every minute of it, and we’ll let our photos speak for themselves.
We could almost turn the pages for the doublebass section.
A very special evening for couple of old music teachers!
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