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of Dvořák's works by the Original Music Theatre of Prague, complete with period
costume. Tickets are available through BTI.
OPER
OPERA, B
, BALLE
ALLET
NATIONAL THEATRE
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(Národní divadlo; 224 901 377; www.narodni-divadlo.cz ; Národní třída 2; tickets
30-1000Kč; box offices 10am-6pm; 6, 9, 18, 21, 22) The much-loved National Theatre
provides a stage for traditional opera, drama and ballet by the likes of Smetana,
Shakespeare and Tchaikovsky, sharing the program alongside more modern works by
composers and playwrights such as Philip Glass and John Osborne. The box offices
are in the Nový síň building next door, and in the Kolowrat Palace (opposite the
Estates Theatre).
OPER
OPERA, B
, BALLE
ALLET
PRAGUE STATE OPERA
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(Státní opera Praha; 224 901 886; www.opera.cz ; Wilsonova 4; opera tickets 100-1150Kč,
ballet tickets 100-800Kč; box office 10am-5.30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-noon & 1-5.30pm Sat &
Sun; Muzeum) The impressive neo-rococo home of the Prague State Opera provides
a glorious setting for performances of opera and ballet. An annual Verdi festival takes
place here in August and September, and less conventional shows, such as Leon-
cavallo's rarely staged version of La Bohème, are also performed here.
CINEMA
KINO SVĚTOZOR
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( 608 330 088; www.kinosvetozor.cz ; Vodičkova 41; tickets 90-120Kč; ; Můstek)
The Světozor is under the same management as Žižkov's famous Kino Aero, but is
more central, and has the same emphasis on classic cinema and art-house films
screened in their original language - everything from Battleship Potemkin and Casab-
lanca to Annie Hall and The Motorcycle Diaries .
THE
THEATRE
TRE
ARCHA THEATRE
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(Divadlo Archa; 221 716 111; www.archatheatre.cz ; Na poříčí 26; tickets 150-880Kč;
box office 10am-6pm Mon-Fri; 5, 8, 14) The Archa (Ark) has been described as Prague's
alternative National Theatre, a multi-functional venue for the avant garde and the ex-
perimental. As well as contemporary drama (occasionally in English) - Václav
Havel's Leaving has been performed here - dance and performance art, the theatre
also stages live music, from Indian classical to industrial noise.
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