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Chapbook | JK Tyl Theatre in Pilsen
Friday 21 November 2025, 7.00 pmThe Grand Theatre, JK Tyl Theatre, Pilsen, CZ
Bohuslav MARTINŮ: The Chapbook, H 214
The beauty of dance, music and singing, from the roots of the Czech tradition which we draw on. Our ballet company joins the Year of Czech Music with a work that created in the 1930s, in a time of growing totalitarianism and looming crises.
At this time, Bohuslav Martinů focused on going back to the roots, traditions and our region, where he could feel safe. The result was the first part of the Czech Theatre series, the sung ballet Špalíček (Chapbook), inspired by folk songs, nursery rhymes, games and fairy tales, inspired by Karel Jaromír Erben.
A good balance of individual storytelling can be seen, for example, in the fairy tales, Puss in Boots, The Shoemaker and Death, the legend of St. Dorothy, or Cinderella. The loosely linked tales are full of inspiring and energizing music, accompanied by ballet performances and singing by soloists and choir. The ballet is a beautiful and proud celebration of our country. It returns to Pilsen after thirty years as a fascinating source of our Czech treasures and lives.
The production was financially supported by the Bohuslav Martinů Foundation.
Creators
Choreography: Jiří Pokorný
Musical preparation and conductor: Jiří Petrdlík / Jiří Štrunc
Stage direction collaboration: Martin Otava
Set design: Lukáš Kuchinka
Costumes: Dana Haklová
Lighting design: Jakub Sloup
Projection: Ondřej Brýna
Chorus master: Anna Marie Lahodová
Musical preparation: Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
Assistant choreographers: Kristýna Miškolciová, Markéta Pospíšilová
Assistant directors: Miroslav Hradil, Richard Ševčík
Stage manager: Petr Šmaus
Prompter: Viktorie Šimůnková
Cast
Soprano: Andrea Frídová / Adéla Skočilová
Tenor: Tomáš Kořínek / Richard Samek
Bass: Rostislav Florian
Death: Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke / Mátyás Sántha
Puss in Boots:
Country Boy: Riccardo Gregolin
Cat: Giacomo Mori / Mátyás Sántha / Karel Audy
Hare: Simone Carosso / Riccardo Gregolin / Go Minakami
King: Karel Audy
Princess: Sara Antikainen / Aneta Pašková
Wizard - Death, Lion, Sparrowhawk, Mouse: Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
The Shoemaker and Death:
Shoemaker: Simone Carosso / Richard Ševčík / Simone Coluccio
Butterfly: Mami Mołoniewicz / Shiori Nirasawa
Bumblebee: Margarida Gonçalves / Shiori Nirasawa
Green Hunter: Pablo Dorado / Campbell Wilson
Black Man: Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
Princess: Michela Quartiero / Victoria Roemer / Fanny Westring
Devils: Pablo Dorado / Simone Carosso, Go Minakami / Campbell Wilson
Horse: Nicoló Marchi / Kristian Kralev
The Legend of Saint Dorothy:
Dorothy: Victoria Roemer / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
King: Giacomo Mori / Richard Ševčík
Theophilus - Death: Gaëtan Pires / Justin Rimke
Executioner: Riccardo Gregolin / Richard Ševčík
Angel: Mami Mołoniewicz / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou / Luisa Isenring
Cinderella:
Cinderella: Anna Pokorná / Michela Quartiero
Prince: Justin Rimke / Riccardo Gregolin
Fairy: Novella Petrucci / Afroditi Vasilakopoulou
Sisters: Luisa Isenring / Isabel Örjansberg De La Cruz, Margarida Gonçalves / Kristina Pires
Father: Karel Audy / Mátyás Sántha
Members of the DJKT Ballet
Students of the DJKT Ballet School
DJKT Opera Orchestra
DJKT Opera Children's Choir Kajetán
More information: https://www.djkt.eu/en/repertoire/chapbook-2024