Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)

La Danza
(The Dance)

Componimento drammatico pastorale (pastoral opera) in one act to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio (1698-1782)
First performed at Laxenburg, near Vienna, on 5 May 1755

Theatre of the stately home Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic
19 September 2009, 5.00 pm

Nice (a nymph) - Irena Troupová, soprano
Tirsi (a shepherd) - Jaroslav Březina, tenor
 
Orchestra Musica Florea (leader: Marek Štryncl). Period instruments
Dance ensemble Hartig (leader: Helena Kazárová)
Choreography and direction: Helena Kazárová
Conductor: Marek Štryncl

Tickets can be booked in advance, from 1 July 2009, 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.