Opera houses in the Czech Republic

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There are eleven opera houses in the Czech Republic. The most important are the two opera houses in Prague - National Theatre (Prague) and Prague State Opera and the Estates Theatre which is one of the Prague National Theatre stages.

There are four other Opera Houses in Bohemia - Plzen, Ceske Budejovice, Liberec, Usti nad Labem - and four other opera houses in Moravia, including the Janacek National Opera - Brno, Ostrava, Olomouc, Opava.

[edit] List of the opera houses

• Prague National Theatre - Národní divadlo v Praze [1]

• Estates Theatre [2] - where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart himself conducted the world premiere of his Don Giovanni in 1787

• Prague State Opera - Státní Opera Praha [3]

• Brno National Theatre - Národní divadlo v Brně [4]

• Budweis South Bohemian Theatre - Jihočeské divadlo České Budějovice [5]

• Liberec Theatre - Divadlo F. X. Šaldy v Liberci [6]

• Olomouc Moravian Theatre - Moravské divadlo Olomouc [7]

• Opava Silesian Theatre - Slezské divadlo Opava [8]

• Ostrava National Moravian Silesian Theatre - Národní divadlo moravskoslezské [9]

• Pilsen Theatre - Divadlo J. K. Tyla v Plzni [10]

• Usti City Theatre - Městské divadlo Ústí nad Labem [11]

[edit] External links

• Czech Opera - overview, including Prague Opera
• Opera tickets