Smetana Litomysl Festival

After the Prague Spring, Smetana‘s Litomysl International Opera Festival is the oldest music festival and the largest open-air classical music festival in the Czech Republic.
Bedrich Smetana

Bedrich Smetana was born in 1824 in Litomyšl. He studied in Jihlava, Havlickuv Brod and in Plzen. When he was four years old he started to play the piano. Bedrich Smetana loved music and he became one of the best Czech composers. Among his most famous works are: opera Prodaná nevesta (Bartered Bride), symphonic poem Ma vlast (My Country) or opera Branibori v Cechach. His health however was very bad and in his later years he lost his hearing. He died in 1884 in a Prague asylum.



About Bedrich Smetana’s festival in Litomysl
This year there will be held the 50th year of the Festival in Litomysl organized in honour of Bedrich Smetana. Like every year it will be wonderful. There will be many interesting and talented people who love classic music. Festival will take place in the atrium of the Litomysl Castle.