Monthly newsletter from the Old Town Square Hotel

October 2009

The main changes that have occurred during the month of September are to do with our restaurant Bílý Koníček, which we decided to change into a Jazz Lounge. As many of you will know, the restaurant is situated in cellars dating back to the 12th century and so it has a very ambient atmosphere. Starting from November 2009 we shall have live concerts everyday from 21:00 with Jazz / Blues / Sving groups mainly from the Czech republic, but also hosts from abroad. Protective measures have been taken to limit any noise or disturbance for our hotel guests, so you need not worry.

We would like to also announce a new arrival to our team Mr. Nemo and Mr. Oscar, our two hotel fish pets, who guard the hotel safe. Unfortunately both see competition in one another, so they have been fighting from day 1. Next month we will bring an update on an improvement to their working relationship.

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In October, we would like to point out these cultural events, which might be of an interest to you. All of these are the ones we would suggest and ones we recommend during the month of October.

Exhibitions

Georg Baselitz / Paintings 1960-2008

Galerie Rudolfinum brings inspired view to the ouevre one of the most significant German painter, Georg Baselitz (born 1938), from 10th September till 12th December 2009.

Concerts – classical music

CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA at the Rudolfinum concert hall
D. Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra
R. Strauss: Life of the Hero, symphony poem No.40
Cello: Alexandr Knjazev
Conductor: Tacuja Šimono

Ballet

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake at the National Theatre
Libretto author: Vladimír Begičev / Vasilij Gelcer
Choreography: Lev Ivanov / Marius Petipa / Erich Walter / Růžena Mazalová / Vlastimil Harapes
Director: Vlastimil Harapes
Conductor: Sergej Poluektov
Stage design: Jiří Sternwald
Costumes: Josef Jelínek

Odetta / Odilie: Tereza Podařilová / Zuzana Susová / Nikola Márová / Ivanna Illyenko
Prince: Alexander Katsapov / Michal Štípa / Filip Barankiewicz / Jiří Kodym
Red Beard: Jiří Vrátil / Pavel Pišan
Jester: Lubor Kvaček / Oleksandr Kysil / Mattia Mantellato
Queen: Michaela Černá
Chancellor: Luboš Hajn
Pas de trois: Pavla Hrubešová / Ivanna Illyenko / Klára Kutilová / Karolína Pogatsová / Zuzana Šimáková / Michaela Wenzelová / Pavla Sýkorová / Alexander Katsapov / Jiří Kodym / Viktor Konvalinka / Matěj Urban

Swan Lake is one of the most famous ballet titles and is a mainstay of the repertoire of all international theatres. The original German fairy tale about Princess Odetta who changed into a swan, the sorcerer Red Beard and an unhappy prince who forgets his oath has acquired immortality thanks to the music of P. I. Tchaikovsky and the preserved choreography of Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. The National Theatre will present Swan Lake in precisely the form that audiences expect, i.e. as a romantic ballet with a rich stage setting and superlative dance performances of the company’s leading soloists