Change of programme – see below

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714‒1787)

Le Cinesi
(The Chinese Girls)

Azione teatrale in one act to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio
First performed at the palace of Schlosshof, near Vienna, on 24 September 1754

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756‒1791)

Der Schauspieldirektor
(The Impressario)

Comedy with music in one act to a libretto by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie Jr
KV 486; first performed in Vienna (Schönbrunn) on 7 February 1786

Theatre of the stately home Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic
9 September 2006, 5.00 pm

Collegium 1704, Prague (leader: Václav Luks). Period instruments.

Tickets can be booked in advance at the address of the Friends of Baroque Culture (Baroccoco) in Mnichovo Hradiště: V Lipách 743, 295 01 Mnichovo Hradiště, Czech Republic; phone: +420-326773098 (daily, except Monday, 8.00 am ‒ 4.00 pm); fax: +420-326772198; e-mail: baroccoco@post.cz.

Instead of the Collegium 1704 the Collegium Marianum ensemble (leader: Jana Semerádová), Prague, shall appear, with the programme Les Fêtes de l'Amour (‘The Festivities of Cupid’), featuring two danceuses, dancer, contralto, and instrumental ensemble.
Music: Marin Marais (1656‒1728), Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632‒1687), Jean-Marie Leclair (1697‒1764), Johann Joseph Fux (1660‒1741), Arcangelo Corelli (1653‒1713), André Campra (1660‒1744), André Cardinal Destouches (1672‒1749), an anonymous composer.