The wise words that life should be enjoyed and not just survived are more relevant in today's busy times than ever before. And only those who have already sat in the auditorium of the Slovak National Theatre have felt the true uniqueness of live contact with art. Treat yourself to a truly original well-being during cold evenings with your family, friends, or loved ones at the great performances of our first stage. Thrilling stories, fantastic singing performances and captivating beauty of movement await you.
Documentary drama is very popular with audiences abroad. You can already find this genre in the attractive offer of the Slovak National Theatre. From mid-November, events that took place in Slovakia and concern corruption, cronyism and the so-called shadow economy will be played out on the national stage. The main heroine of the production Carpathian thriller is a middle-aged journalist who left her original profession because she found no meaning in it and founded an advertising agency. One day, however, she comes across material indicating widespread corruption at the highest levels of the state apparatus. A certain company, thanks to bribery, began to win all large state contracts, which were several times more expensive than abroad and the competition. Her former professional instinct wins in the journalist, she tries to make the case public, but she encounters the extremely sophisticated and harsh defensive tactics of the company, which does not hesitate to use disgustingly contrived intimidation methods against her and her friends. The powerful story will be told on the stage of the Slovak National Theatre by Zuzana Fialová, Petra Vajdová, Dušan Jamrich, Leopold Haverl, Jozef Vajda, Ľubomír Paulovič, Ján Gallovič, Milan Ondrík and the latest addition to the SND Drama Theatre – the talented actor Daniel Fischer.
The long-awaited premiere on the first drama stage will also be the production Madame Bovary, which will premiere a few days after Carpathian Thriller. Táňa Pauhofová, Ľuboš Kostelný, Tomáš Maštalír, Alexander Bárta, Anna Javorková, Jana Oľhová, Marián Geišberg, František Kovár, Robert Roth, Richard Stanke, Ivan Vojtek, Michal Režný and Ivana Kubačková will lend their faces to the characters in the story of Madame Emma Bovary. A beautiful woman who marries a doctor, but their marriage is not happy. Although he is good and kind, he does not realize that unless he finds a way to make his other half happy, he exposes her to the temptation to seek happiness with someone else...
It would be hard to find a person who would not know the famous aria La dona è mobile, which is also heard in an advertisement for a famous pizza. Perhaps fewer people already know that Giuseppe Verdi composed it for his opera Rigoletto, which has expanded the high-quality repertoire of the Slovak National Theatre. The story of the court jester is also told by tenor Tomáš Juhás on stage. The soloist of the SND Opera has set his sights on a global career. In November, his steps will be directed to the renowned Metropolitan Opera in New York. For more than five weeks, he will be doing a so-called cover for the world-famous tenor Roland Villazón. In practice, this means that if Villazón is unable to sing, for example due to health problems, Juhás will replace him at the same level.
The penultimate month of this year will be associated with another opera treat, served up by the Slovak National Theatre. Viewers will be able to enjoy the world premiere of the opera Dorian Gray Ľubica Čekovská, who is about to make her operatic debut. In her Dorian, the young Slovak composer deals with disturbing questions about the physical and mental forms of beauty and evil.
Before Christmas, the atmosphere of the most beautiful holiday of the year will be enhanced by the premiere of a children's ballet The NutcrackerThe youngest viewers and their parents will be able to embark on a fairy tale journey together through stories performed by soloists and members of the choir of the Slovak National Theatre Ballet.