Orchestra of the Royal Opera House / Jakub Hra

Besides his great successes in the USA and his Czech homeland, Antonín Dvoák was also highly esteemed in Great Britain. With a commission from England, he wrote the gothic cantata »The Spectre’s Bride« for his British fans in 1885. This monumental choral work captures the dramatic atmosphere of the story perfectly in music and became frenetically acclaimed. Dvoák’s compatriot, the conductor Jakub Hra, carries on this Czech-British friendship from September 2025 as the musical director of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden. On their first joint concert tour, they stop off at the Elbphilharmonie.

PERFORMERS

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House orchestra

Royal Opera Chorus choir

Kateina Kníková soprano

Pavel ernoch tenor

Pavol Kubán baritone

Jakub Hra conductor

PROGRAM

Béla Bartók
Suite from »The Miraculous Mandarin«, Sz 73

- Interval -

Antonín Dvoák
The Spectre’s Bride