Ceský Krumlov Festival of Baroque Arts [ENA] At Ceský Krumlov’s Festival of Baroque Arts, the event titled Theatrum Pyrotechnicum offers far more than an attractive evening of fireworks. It revives a form of courtly spectacle in which fire, music, architecture, darkness, and illusion are brought together to create a temporary theatre in the open air. The programme of Baroque fireworks and illuminations, accompanied by music, turns the historic setting.   [Full story...]

Ceský Krumlov Castle [ENA] There are revivals, and then there are genuine acts of musical recovery. The modern-world premiere of Antonio Draghi’s Lo Smemorato (The Forgetful One) at the Baroque Castle Theatre in Český Krumlov belongs emphatically to the latter category. Performed from 18 to 20 September 2026 as part of the town’s Festival of Baroque Arts, this production brings back to the stage a comic opera last heard at the Habsburg court in Vienna during the carnival of 1683. In the particular historical and theatrical surroundings of Český Krumlov, this rare event becomes more than an excavation of an obscure score: it offers a vivid encounter with the operatic imagination of the Leopoldine era and with a composer who was once among the most celebrated figures in European musical life.   [Full story...]