Change of programme - see below

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

Le Cinesi
(The Chinese Girls)

Azione teatrale in one act to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performed at the palace of Schlosshof, near Vienna, on 24 September 1754

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Der Schauspieldirektor
(The Impressario)

Comedy with music in one act to a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie Jr
KV 486; first performed in Vienna (Schönbrunn) on 7 February 1786

Theatre of the stately home Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic
9 September 2006, 5.00 pm

Collegium 1704, Prague (leader: Václav Luks). Period instruments.

Tickets can be booked in advance at the address of the Friends of Baroque Culture (Baroccoco) in Mnichovo Hradiště: V Lipách 743, 295 01 Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic; phone: +420-326773098 (daily, except Monday, 8.00 am - 4.00 pm); fax: +420-326772198; e-mail: baroccoco@post.cz.

Instead of the Collegium 1704 the Collegium Marianum ensemble (leader: Jana Semerádová), Prague, shall appear, with the programme Les Fêtes de l'Amour ('The Festivities of Cupid'), featuring two danceuses, dancer, contralto, and instrumental ensemble.
Music: Marin Marais (1656-1728), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764), Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741), Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), André Campra (1660-1744), André Cardinal Destouches (1672-1749), an anonymous composer.