Concert in honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's anniversary
Mozart's music and letters
Vanda Šípová – soprano
Michal Mašek – piano
Anna Polívková – artistic recitation
Program:
"Good morning, my dear wife"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Exsultate, jubilate, KV 165
Alleluia
Das Veilchen / The Violet, KV 476
Der Zauberer / The Magician, KV 472
An Chloe / Chloe, KV 524
Sonata for Piano in D major, K. 311
Andantino con espressione
Die Zauberflöte / The Magic Flute, K. 620
Queen of the Night’s aria “Der Hölle Rache”
Don Giovanni, K. 527
Donna Anna’s aria “Or saichi l’ onore Don Giovanni”
Requiem, KV 626
Lacrimosa
Vanda Šípová
Coloratura soprano Vanda Šípová made her debut in April 2018 at the National Theater Opera in Prague in the role of Helga (Ivan Acher: Sternenhoch). On the same stage, she played the roles of the Muse (Miloš Orson Štědroň: Don Hrabal), Yvonne (Ernst Křenek: Jonny Wins) and Madeleine de Faublas (Paul Abraham: Ball at the Savoy Hotel). She is a guest performer at the J. K. Tyl Theater in Pilsen, the F. X. Šalda Theater in Liberec, and the National Theater in Brno. Her current repertoire includes the roles of the Queen of the Night (W. A. Mozart: The Magic Flute), Gilda (G. Verdi: Rigoletto), Ophelia (Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet), Musette (G. Puccini: La Bohème), and Donna Anna (Mozart: Don Giovanni). She enjoys participating in modern projects that blend various theatrical genres (including the musical The Phantom of the Opera and Leonard Bernstein's Mass) and also performs in several drama productions (Prague City Theatres, Studio hrdinů Prague, National Theatre Brno).
Michal Mašek
Pianist Michal Mašek achieved success in concerts and competitions from an early age. At the age of sixteen, he recorded Bach's Goldberg Variations and won the Talent of the Year award for another Bach recording with Jiří Bělohlávek and the Prague Philharmonia. He collaborated for many years in concert and in recording studios with the legendary violinist Josef Suk, and his recordings of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, "Emperor," and compositions by Bohuslav Martinů have received several international awards. Although his career was slowed down by a long illness, after his recovery he was able to continue and develop his art to an even higher level. He studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and is now one of the most respected pianists of the younger generation. He performs at home and abroad, appears at music festivals, and is the author and producer of remarkable cultural projects at his agency Morpheus Art, s.r.o. Michal Mašek is compared by international critics to Rudolf Firkušný. He is one of the few artists who collaborates with the music publisher EMI (now Warner Classics).
Anna Polívková
She graduated from the Prague Conservatory, where she continued her studies in nonverbal theater at the Academy of Performing Arts. She completed her studies at the Jacques Lecoq International School of Physical Theater in Paris. Anna Polívková's theater beginnings were mainly focused on experimental theater. Exceptions were Dáša Bláhová's Intimate Theater play The Vagina Monologues and the original production Krasavice interkontinentální (Intercontinental Beauty) with Martha Issová.
She performs at the LaFabrika Theater (Krasavice interkontinentální, Tango, ó tango), the BRAVO! (Mimjové), Studio DVA Theater (Tak já letím!), and Bolek Polívka Theater (Proslov).
She became well known to film and television audiences as a film actress in the films Restart and Účastníci zájezdu. However, she has only become more familiar to film audiences in recent years. She has appeared in the films Dědictví aneb Kurvasenříká, Pohádky pro Emu, Špunti na vodě, Špindl, Dvě nevěsty, jedna svatba and Po čem muži touží.
