One of the concert venues where legendary tenor Štefan Margita will celebrate his anniversary this year will be the Špilberk Festival. The program will feature arias, duets, overtures, and interludes from Czech and international operas by composers such as Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner, and George Gershwin.

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Don Giovanni
Overture
“Che giuramento, oh Dei!”, first section of the duet between Donna Anna and Don Ottavio “Fuggi, crudele, fuggi!”
“Or sai chi l’onore”, Donna Anna’s aria

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Eugene Onegin
Polonaise
“Kuda, kuda vy udalilis'”, Lensky’s aria

GIUSEPPE VERDI
Otello
“Ave Maria, piena di grazia”, Desdemona’s Prayer

FRANCESCO CILEA
L’Arlésienne
“È la solita storia del pastore”, Federico’s aria (Federico’s Lament)

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
The Marriage of Figaro
Overture

RICHARD WAGNER
Das Rheingold
“Immer ist Undank Loges Lohn!” (Loge)

BEDŘICH SMETANA
The Bartered Bride
Dance of the Comedians (Skocná)

GEORGE GERSHWIN
Porgy and Bess
“Summertime” (Clara)
“It Ain’t Necessarily So” (Sporting Life)

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Rusalka
Polonaise (Festive Music)
“Měsíčku na nebi hlubokém” (“Song to the Moon”), Rusalka’s aria

RICCARDO COCCIANTE
Notre-Dame de Paris
Les temps des cathédrales

LUCIO DALLA (Czech lyrics: Zdeněk Borovec)
What a Wonderful Beauty (Caruso)

Štefan Margita tenor
Jana Šrejma Kačírková soprano
Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor Jan Kučera

Tickets on sale starting May 11, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. at the Brno Philharmonic box office and online.