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The Prague State Opera Chorus

The history of the Prague State Opera Chorus goes back to the Grand Opera of the Fifth of May, when the chorus master was Vladivoj Jankovský. He and his chorus continued their work even after the fusion of that company with the opera of the National Theater, and he still assisted after 1992 when the Prague State Opera was founded.

The Prague State Opera Orchestra

The Prague State Opera Orchestra and the opera chorus are the only entities that perpetuated the tradition of the Grand Opera of the Fifth of May after its fusion with the opera of the National Theater in 1948. Both of these ensembles continued to exist as independent components – under the titles Smetana Theater Orchestra and Smetana Theater Chorus – until the Prague State Opera was made an independent organization in April 1992.

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The Prague State Opera - Theatre History in Pictures and Dates - Book cover
The Prague State Opera – Theatre History in Pictures and Dates
Tomáš Vrbka
The Prague State Opera in cooperation with the Slovart publishing house publishes a representative book tracking the history of this significant cultural institution since its opening in 1888 till the end of the 2002/2003 season. The publication called The Prague State Opera – Theatre History in Pictures and Dates is focusing solely on the opera featured at the scene, even though the theatre under various names also served to presentation of drama plays, operettas and ballet. The Prague State opera plans to publish the volumes concentrating on those genres in the next years.

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