MOZART, AMADEUS, DON GIOVANNI, THE ESTATES THEATRE AND REVOLUTION.

In this episode we look at the associations of the great composer Mozart with the beautiful Estates Theatre ( Stavovské divadlo ) and the only building still in existence where Mozart premiered and performed at one of his own operas. Mozart loved coming to Prague because he felt he was much more appreciated in Prague than he was in Vienna. Although his opera The Marriage of Figaro bombed in Vienna (it only got 9 performances) – it was a huge success in Prague and his supporters and Patrons commissioned him to write an opera to be premiered in Prague – Don Giovanni at the Estates Theatre.
The theatre is also the place where the Czech national anthem ‘Kde domov můj?’ (Where is my home?) was heard for the first time in 1834. During the nationalist revival in the 19th Century, when the Czechs began to rediscover their language, history and national identity, the song began to take on greater significance until eventually it was adopted as the anthem for the new Czechoslovak nation in 1918 along with the Slovak anthem Nad Tatrou sa blýska ( Lightning above the Tatras).

The theatre's association with revolution , is that the lyricist ( and playwright) of the song Kde Domov Můj? (Where is my home ? ) Josef Kajetán Tyl which, in time,became the Czech national anthem, also played a major role in the revolutions of 1848 – that swept across Europe - including Prague.

Sources and credits:
All effort has been made to identify the owners of copyright for any picture used in the making of this video and given full accreditation.

Beattie, A.,2012 Prague 1st ed. Oxford: Innercities. ISBN 978-1-908493-63-7
Demetz, P., 1997. Prague In Black And Gold. 1st ed. London: Penguin. ISBN978-0-14-026888-1
Mersmann , H. 1972. The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New York. Dover Edition. ISBN0-486-22859-2

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wolfgang-Amadeus-Mozart

Making of Amadeus – the Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-92JS2FbiHk&t=3050s

Na barikádách velel i Josef Kajetán Tyl. V červnu 1848 se v Praze bojovalo
Jaroslav Krupka https://www.dotyk.cz/publicistika/na-barikadach-velel-i-josef-kajetan-tyl-v-cervnu-1848-se-v-praze-bojovalo-20180611.html

Fidlovačka nebo žádný hněv a žádná rvačka = play script available online from Městská knihovna v Praze( Prague Municipal Library)’

Generál Windischgrätz ostřeloval Prahu hlavně proto, aby podkopal odhodlání povstalců. O revolučním roce s historickým publicistou Zdeňkem Čechem https://www.parlamentnilisty.cz/arena/monitor/General-Windischgratz-ostreloval-Prahu-hlavne-proto-aby-podkopal-odhodlani-povstalcu-O-revolucnim-roce-s-historickym-publicistou-Zdenkem-Cechem-539578

Paintings:
Mozart as an adult - Johann Georg Edlinger ~ 1790
Beaumarchais - Jean Marc Nattier –1755

Antonio Salieri painted by Joseph Willibrord Mähler

Music:
Mozart:
Minuet and Trio in G KV1 – played by Louise Golding
Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Lacrimosa (Requiem)
Overture to Don Giovanni
Symphony 38 in D ‘ Prague’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syhz62BrHm8 Kde domov muj...Ema Destonniová

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