Song Recital: Cukrová, Willi | Festival Krumlov

Mezzo-soprano Markéta Cukrová accompanied by Barbara Willi in the oldest church in South Bohemia

One of the most sought-after contemporary Czech mezzo-sopranos Markéta Cukrová will perform on Sunday evening in the oldest building in South Bohemia. Her unique and unmistakable voice will be accompanied by Barbara Maria Willi, a woman of many talents, playing the hammered dulcimer. The site-specific concert space of the church in Boletice will be filled with song repertoire from the pens of composers Antonín Dvořák, Hector Berlioz and Robert Schumann. It will take place in an intimate atmosphere enhanced by natural illumination. As well as extraordinary folk songs from ancient and contemporary times.

Artists
Markéta Cukrová - mezzo-soprano
Barbara Maria Willi - keyboard piano

Program
Antonín Dvořák: Songs in the National Tone op. 73
“Good Night” “Lamented Girl” “Oh, There's No One Here” “Hey, I've Got a Horse”

Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen for piano op. 15 (selection)
“Von fremden Ländeůrn und Menschen” “Kuriose Geschichte” “Träumeri”

Antonín Dvořák: four songs on texts by G. P. Moravsky Op. 2
“You Boiling Songs” “Oh, It Was a Beautiful Golden Dream” “My Heart Often” “Silence on the Mountains”

Hector Berlioz: Cycle Summer Nights (Les nuits d'été) opus 7
“Vilanelle” “Le spectre de la rose” “Sur les lagunes: lament” “Absence” “Au cimitere: clair de lune” “l'ile inconnue: barcarolle”

Without a break

Program of the Krumlov Festival 2025

  • St. Nicolas Church in Boletice
    Boletice
  • map
  • www

Map Open map