Libretto author: Jaroslav Dušek / Martin Smolka
Musical preparation: Jan Chalupecký
Conductor: Jan Chalupecký
Director: Ondřej Havelka
Stage design: Bořek Šípek
Costumes: Bořek Šípek
Chorus master: Pavel Vaněk
Choreography: Martin Vraný
Milan Hnilička: Václav Sibera
Father Hnilička: Bohuslav Maršík
Mother Hniličková: Lenka Šmídová
Dominik Hašek: Jan Mikušek
Jaromír Jágr, 1st player: Aleš Briscein
Růžička, 2nd player, Our forward: Zoltán Korda
Svoboda, 3rd player: Josef Moravec
Reichl, 4th player: Pavel Novák
Ručínský, 5th player: Ivo Michl
6th player: Petr Dolejší
Coach, Jaroslav Hašek, 1st servant: Luděk Vele
Antonio, Russian coach: Pavel Červinka
Canadian forward, 2nd servant: Zdeněk Plech
Josef Švejk, Cannadian goalkeeper: František Zahradníček
Spectator, Geisha, Voice: Libuše Vondráčková
President Václav Havel: Jiří Uherek
Returning to the Estates Theatre is the extraordinarily successful “ice-hockey” opera Nagano, which had its world premiere at the National Theatre back in 2004. Its authors are Martin Smolka, a leading Czech composer, and the popular theatre-maker and actor Jaroslav Dušek. They chose as the theme of their opera the journey of the Czech national ice-hockey team towards the Olympic gold in Nagano in 1998. The singular, unprecedented and witty combination of the national sport and the National Theatre Opera met with a tremendous response on the part of the audience.
Orchestra, choir and ballet of the National Theatre Opera
Photo: František Ortmann
Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes
The opera is staged in Czech and English surtitles are used in the performance.
