JAKUB JAN RYBA
Czech Christmas Mass
Markéta KLAUDOVÁ / Magdaléna HEBOUSSE | soprano
Marie SVOBODOVÁ / Tereza PAPOUŠKOVÁ | alto
Jaroslav BŘEZINA / Ondřej HOLUB | tenor
Pavel ŠVINGR / Jiří Miroslav PROCHÁZKA | bass
THE KÜHN CHOIR OF PRAGUE
Jakub PIKLA | choirmaster
Matěj FORMAN | stage director, set designer
PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Zdeněk KLAUDA | conductor
The Czech Christmas Mass by Jakub Jan Ryba is an inseparable part of Czech Christmas festivities. In Matěj Forman's direction, however, it comes to life in a completely different way. Alongside the orchestra, choir and soloists, a magical world of puppets will be set in motion, transporting us back in time to experience the narration of Ryba's Mass with our own eyes. Surrounded by a faithful depiction of a classic Czech nativity scene, we can follow the story of the birth of Jesus Christ and the subsequent journey of the shepherds to Bethlehem. However, the Mass itself was too short for Matěj Forman's narrative, so he supplemented it with compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georg Friedrich Handel, Joseph Haydn and Jiří Miroslav Procházka. The Magic Rybovka is thus a rich feast for the eyes and ears.
The performance is held in cooperation with the Lampion Theatre and the Forman Brothers Theatre.
