Come along to a free Study Afternoon and find out more about Smetana and his opera Dalibor. Jan Smaczny chairs the afternoon with guests including Hugh Macdonald and Patrick Lambert.
1430-1440 Welcome & walk through plot of Dalibor
1440-1500 Director, Kenneth Richardson, in conversation with Jan Smaczny about tonight’s staging
1500-1540 Prof. Jan Smaczny (Queen’s Uni, Belfast) on where Dalibor fits into Czech Opera of the time
1540-1600 Break
1600-1635 Hugh MacDonald (Avis Blewett Professor Emeritus of Music at Washington University in St. Louis)
1635-1710 Patrick Lambert (ex-Radio 3 producer, and widely published author on Czech music)
1710-1730 Round-table discussion
Free to ticket-holders for the evening concert. Limited capacity. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
NB the location of this event has changed to the Fountain Room.
