J. K. Tyl Theatre

Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre

Location	Plzeň, Czech Republic
Capacity	444
Construction
Opened	1902
Rebuilt	1981–1985
Architect	Antonín Balšánek
Website
www.djkt.eu

Josef Kajetán Tyl Theatre (Czech: Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla) is a main theatre in Plzeň, Czech Republic. The theatre was built between 1899–1902 in the neo-renaissance style with some art nouveau elements to the design of . Every year the theatre performs some 18 premieres of drama, operas, operettas, ballets or musicals. Since September 2014, actors of the theatre also perform at the New Theatre.^[1]

In front of the façade stands a statue of Josef Kajetán Tyl by .

Recent and present productions[]

• Adriana Lecouvreur by Francesco Cilea (O)
• Akvabely by David Drábek (D)
• 'Art' by Yasmina Reza (D)
• The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini (O)
• The Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana (O)
• Bohema by Giacomo Puccini (O)
• Čachtická paní by Petr Malásek (B)
• Carmen by Georges Bizet (O)
• Celebrity s.r.o. by Antonín Procházka (D)
• Chicago by John Kander and Fred Ebb (M)
• Coppélia by Léo Delibes (B)
• Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand (D)
• Dáma na kolejích by J. Bažant, J. Malásek, V. Hála (M)
• The Duchess of Chicago by Emmerich Kálmán, Julius Brammer and Alfred Grünwald (operetta)
• Edith – Piaf from the suburb by Petr Malásek (B)
• Faust by Charles Gounod (B)
• Huis clos by Jean-Paul Sartre (D)
• Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček (O)
• The Jungle Book by Radek Balas and Ondrej Brousek (M)
• Kolochava by Petr Ulrych and Stanislav Mosa (M)
• La dama del alba by Alejandro Casona (D)
• Lantern (Lucerna) by Alois Jirásek (D)
• Leaving (Odcházení) by Václav Havel (D)
• Lemonade Joe by Jiři Brdečka (M)
• Like Totally Weird by William Mastrosimone (D)
• The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai, based on the play by William Shakespeare (O)
• Maryša by Alois Mrštík and Vilém Mrštík (O)
• Maryša by P.Wajsar (B)
• Monty Python's Spamalot by John Du Prez and Eric Idle (M)
• Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi (O)
• The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B)
• Our Swaggerers by Ladislav Stroupežnický (D)
• Portugal by Zoltan Egressy (D)
• Promises, Promises by Neil Simon (M)
• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (D)
• Rumors by Neil Simon (D)
• Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák (O)
• Salome by Richard Strauss (O)
• Singin' in the Rain by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown (M)
• The Sleeping Beauty by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B)
• Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (B)
• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (D)
• The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare (D)
• Thoroughly Modern Millie by Jeanine Tesori (M)
• The Two Widows by Bedřich Smetana (O)
• Uličnice by Jára Beneš (M)
• Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (D)
• Válka ve sborovně aneb Habada a Jordán by Václav Štech (D)
• Ve statnim zajmu by Antonín Procházka (D)
• Zorba by Joseph Stein, Fred Ebb and John Kander (M)

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Divadlo J. K. Tyla (Plzeň).

• Official website (in Czech)

Coordinates: 49°44′43.5″N 13°22′24.1″E / 49.745417°N 13.373361°E / 49.745417; 13.373361