Antonín Dvořák

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Antonín Dvořák

Born September 8, 1841 · Nelahozeves, Bohemia

Died May 1, 1904 · aged 62

Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. Following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana, Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák's own style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tra…

Known For

Hail MaryHail Mary · 1985
Hail Mary
★ 6.21985
MovieDrama
A college student gets pregnant without having intercourse, affecting people close and unrelated to her in different ways.
Dvořák: Rusalka - Teatro alla ScalaDvořák: Rusalka - Teatro alla Scala · 2023
Dvořák: Rusalka - Teatro alla Scala
2023
MovieMusic
The theatre masterpiece by Antonin Dvořák, written in 1900, is a recurrent title on the season programmes of major European and American theatres. Strangely enough, it has never been performed at La Scala. The ambiguous fairy tale about a nymph who takes human form for the love of a prince who will betray her and only repent at death is fertile ground for the much awaited return of Emma Dante, whose career took wing precisely at La Scala with a felicitous production of Carmen. Making their debuts Piermarini’s auditorium, on the other hand, are the director of the Welsh National Opera Tomáš Hanus, a specialist in this repertoire, while Olga Bezsmertna will be in the title role.
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of ToxieThe Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie · 1989
The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie
★ 4.91989
MovieActionComedy
Desperate to raise money for the experimental surgery that could restore his blind fiancee's eyesight, Toxie accepts a lucrative job with the evil multinational conglomerate Apocalypse Inc.
Rusalka - Metropolitan OperaRusalka - Metropolitan Opera · 2014
Rusalka - Metropolitan Opera
★ 4.02014
MovieMusic
Renée Fleming sings one of her signature roles, the title character in Dvořák’s sumptuously melodic Rusalka. The story of the opera, which is about a water spirit’s tragic romance with a human prince, is drawn from several folktale sources including Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.” Star conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads a cast that also includes Piotr Beczala as the handsome Prince whom Rusalka yearns to love; Dolora Zajick as the cackling swamp witch Ježibaba; Emily Magee as the Foreign Princess, Rusalka’s rival; and John Relyea as Rusalka’s father, the Water Sprite.
David Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro AnticoDavid Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico · 2023
David Garrett - Sicilian Concert at Taormina's Teatro Antico
★ 6.02023
MovieMusic
Celebrated violinist David Garrett gives an unforgettable concert at the ancient theatre in Taormina, Sicily with a selection of rearranged works by Dvorak, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Vivaldi and Fritz Kreisler.
Allegro non troppoAllegro non troppo · 1976
Allegro non troppo
★ 7.11976
MovieFantasyAnimation
An enterprising producer believes he has hit upon a winning concept: a program of original animated shorts set to classical music. Undeterred by warnings that this has already been done by an American named 'Prisney,' he rallies an orchestra of geriatric women, a bullish conductor, and an animator that he keeps locked in the dungeon. What could go wrong?
Natural FrescoesNatural Frescoes
Natural Frescoes
MovieDocumentary
A portraitist camera wanders through the fields and forest of Moore State Park absorbing all of its natural frescoes.
My HappinessMy Happiness · 2024
My Happiness
2024
MovieDrama
An old man repairs a chair with great care. However, his goal may differ from that of other people.

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Dvořák: Rusalka - Teatro alla ScalaDvořák: Rusalka - Teatro alla Scala · 2023
Dvořák: Rusalka - Teatro alla Scala
2023
MovieMusic
The theatre masterpiece by Antonin Dvořák, written in 1900, is a recurrent title on the season programmes of major European and American theatres. Strangely enough, it has never been performed at La Scala. The ambiguous fairy tale about a nymph who takes human form for the love of a prince who will betray her and only repent at death is fertile ground for the much awaited return of Emma Dante, whose career took wing precisely at La Scala with a felicitous production of Carmen. Making their debuts Piermarini’s auditorium, on the other hand, are the director of the Welsh National Opera Tomáš Hanus, a specialist in this repertoire, while Olga Bezsmertna will be in the title role.

Compositor

Osn: Nicolas Altstaedt dà voce al Re Salomone con Schelomo di BlochOsn: Nicolas Altstaedt dà voce al Re Salomone con Schelomo di Bloch · 2021
Osn: Nicolas Altstaedt dà voce al Re Salomone con Schelomo di Bloch
2021
MovieMusic
From the Rai ‘Arturo Toscanini’ Auditorium comes the debut concert of Franco-German cellist Nicolas Altstaedt with the Rai Orchestra, performing the Jewish rhapsody for cello and orchestra *Schelomo*, one of Ernest Bloch’s best-known works. Tomáš Netopil takes to the podium and, to open the programme, presents the Rai premiere in Turin of the Overture from the third act of the opera Bouře (The Tempest), written in 1895 by the composer Zdeněk Fibich and based on Shakespeare’s play. The evening concludes with Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, composed in 1889 in Prague and known as the ‘English’ Symphony.

Original Music Composer