Dvořák Festival: Rusalka at Skalka Castle

Name: Dvořák Festival: Rusalka at Skalka Castle
Start: 2026-08-28T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-28T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Zámek Skalka

took place · 28 Aug 2026

Zámek Skalka, Podbřezí

opera date culture

Next show

Honey Flower with Tereza and Bohuš

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 · KC Zahrada, Prague →

Description was written before the event

A concert performance of Dvořák's opera Rusalka takes place on Friday, 28 August 2026 at Zámek Skalka in Podbřezí. Tereza Mátlová sings the title role of Rusalka alongside other soloists from the National Theatre in Prague, accompanied by pianist Zdeněk Klauda. This is one of seven Czech dates on Mátlová's tour across 2026 and 2027. The performance offers a chance to hear Dvořák's most celebrated opera in the intimate setting of a castle, where classical music meets historical surroundings. Admission starts at 250 CZK.

Tereza Mátlová — also plays in other cities (6)

all dates →

About the venue: Zámek Skalka

Skalka is a baroque castle perched on a rocky spur above the Zlatý potok stream at the northern edge of Podbřezí in the Rychnov nad Kněžnou district. A Gothic stronghold first recorded in 1360 was rebuilt as a Renaissance manor by the Mladota ze Solopysk family around 1600, then remodelled into its current early-Rococo form between 1736 and 1739. The castle is a listed cultural monument and is known as the setting of Alois Jirásek's novel Temno, which he wrote after visiting in 1908. The interior is not open to the public, though the castle chapel occasionally hosts exhibitions.

Podbřezí 63, 518 03 Podbřezí Get directions

About: Tereza Mátlová

A soprano spanning Mozart to musical theatre, Tereza Mátlová is a Wexford Festival prize-winner, two-time Thalia nominee, and a stage partner of Karel Gott and Eva Urbanová. She moves with equal ease between Dvořák's Rusalka and the role of Cosette in Les Misérables.

2×

nomination for the Thalia Prize

Talent of the Year award, Wexford Festival 1999

What's new

2026-06
Mátlová performed at an event of the Angel Among Healthcare Workers project and confirmed that she accepted the role of a mermaid in the upcoming musical Monte Cristo - a role previously sung by Eva Urbanová.
2026-05
In the Opera for People project, the premiere of a chamber production of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen took place at the Prague Hlahol, where Mátlová played the title role of the Cunning Little Vixen.
2025-08
Mátlová, as soprano of the Opera Divas trio, performed at a summer concert at Štěnovice Castle near Plzeň.

Tracks

Rusalka (Dvořák) - titulní roleNomination for Thalia Prize 2022; key opera role in the repertoire

Mirandolína (Martinů) - nahrávka SupraphonStudio recording for Supraphon Records, role of Hortensie

La Traviata (Verdi) - ViolettaDebut as Violetta at the North Bohemian Theatre Ústí nad Labem (2014)

Les Misérables - CosetteMusical theatre role; recording for GOJA Label with Moravian Philharmonic Olomouc

Příhody lišky Bystroušky (Janáček) - LiškaPremiere in the Opera lidem project, Pražský Hlahol, May 2026

About: Lucie Hilscherová

A Moravian-born mezzo-soprano with a rich, dark voice, she has taken prizes in Bayreuth, Rome and Karlovy Vary and sung under Rattle, Bychkov and Bělohlávek on stages from Tokyo to New York.

What's new

2025-03
In March 2025, she sang the mezzo-soprano solo in Verdi's Requiem with the Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Petr Popelka at the Municipal House in Prague.
2024-12
In December 2024, she performed with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov at Carnegie Hall in New York, where Janáček's Glagolitic Mass was performed.
2024-11
In November 2024, she sang the alto solo in Janáček's Glagolitic Mass with the Czech Philharmonic under Semyon Bychkov in Karlovy Vary.

Tracks

Smetana: Prodaná nevěsta (Háta) - BBC Symphony Orchestra / BělohlávekRecording from Barbican Hall (London, 2011) released on CD Harmonia Mundi; BBC Radio broadcast

Janáček: Glagolská mše (alt sólo)Repeatedly with the Czech Philharmonic, including live broadcast on ČT Art and Arte.tv (2022) and tour to Carnegie Hall (2024)

Dvořák: Rusalka (Ježibaba) - Národní divadlo PrahaPremiere of new production SKUTR / Netopil, March 2024; role in ND repertoire ongoing

Beethoven: Symfonie č. 9 (alt sólo)Regularly with the Czech Philharmonic, including gala concert for the 20th anniversary of the Czech Republic's accession to the EU (2024)

Verdi: Requiem (mezzo sólo)Repeatedly with leading Czech orchestras, most recently SOČR / Popelka, Municipal House Prague (2025)

About: Martin Šrejma

A soloist of the National Theatre Opera Prague with over two decades on the leading Czech stages - from Mozart's Tamino to Wagner's Walther von der Vogelweide. Šrejma ranks among the busiest Czech tenors of his generation, and his recent title role in the Czech premiere of Rota's The Florentine Straw Hat at the Ostrava NDM (2025) drew wide acclaim.

2002, 2004

years of scholarship at the Antonín Dvořák Music School in Karlovy Vary

2012

year of debut as a soloist at the National Theatre Opera in Prague

20+

years on leading Czech opera stages (since 2005)

What's new

2026-02
Šrejma played the role of Amenophis (the Pharaoh's son) in the contemporary Czech premiere of Rossini's grand opera Moses and Pharaoh at the National Theatre of Moravian-Silesia in Ostrava (premiere February 12, 2026).
2025-04
The production of The Florentine Straw Hat with Šrejma in the leading role of Fadinard was presented at the Musical Theatre Festival Opera 2025 on the stage of the Estates Theatre in Prague (April 14, 2025).
2025-03
Šrejma performed the title role of Fadinard in the Czech premiere of Nino Rota's comic opera The Florentine Straw Hat at the National Theatre of Moravian-Silesia in Ostrava (premiere March 13, 2025).

Tracks

Janáček: Osud - role Živnéhomain prize of the Opera 2020 festival for performing this role

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - role Taminaone of the key roles in the ND Praha repertoire, repeatedly performed

Verdi: La traviata - role Alfredaperformed in Prague, Ostrava and Silesian Theatre; tour with Toronto Philharmonic Orchestra (2005)

Nino Rota: Florentský slaměný klobouk - role FadinardaCzech premiere at NDM Ostrava (2025), production also presented at the Opera 2025 festival in Prague

Rossini: Mojžíš a faraon - role Amenofisenew Czech premiere at NDM Ostrava, February 2026

About: Jaroslav Patočka

A Liberec native, Jaroslav Patočka ranks among the most distinctive Czech bass-baritones of his generation - critics have praised his beautifully soft yet surprisingly resonant voice, which has carried him from his Liberec debut through the Prague National Theatre to international stages in Pesaro and Wexford.

2006

year of solo debut (F. X. Šaldy Theatre, Liberec)

continents / continents of concert tours (Europe, Asia, Middle East)

What's new

2026-05
Czech Wikipedia updated the entry for Jaroslav Patočka, confirming his continuing active career as a bass-baritone.
2022
Jaroslav Patočka made his debut at the National Theatre in Prague in the role of Zuniga in Bizet's opera Carmen.
2018-12
Patočka performed as a soloist (bass) at the Christmas concerts of the Smetana Mixed Choir in Hradec Králové and surrounding areas with Ryba's Czech Christmas Mass.

Tracks

Verdi: Macbeth - role Bancadebut role (2006, Liberec), foundation of the repertoire

Bizet: Carmen - role Zunigydebut at the National Theatre Prague (2022)

Mozart: Kouzelná flétna - role Sarastraone of the key bass roles in the repertoire

Verdi: Rigoletto - role Sparafucilarepeatedly performed role in Liberec and elsewhere

Rossini: La Cenerentola - role Alidoraconnected with participation in the Rossini Festival in Pesaro

Dvořák Festival: Rusalka at Skalka Castle

Events

🎬 Trailer

Trailer