Ten reasons to take your wife to a ballet performance (or to go alone)
1. No one has ever surprised her as much as you by giving her the Swan Lake tickets.
Romantic ballet performance at Hybernia Theatre
A shortened version of the complete classical ballet storyline, which lasts 105 minutes including a 15-minute interval, in the pleasant premises of the Hybernia Theatre on the Náměstí Republiky (Republic Square). Recorded music by Sergei Prokofiev will guide you through the ballet performance and it will intensify the intriguing plot of the tragic story of two young lovers Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The story of the feuding families by William Shakespeare is suitable for all ages as everyone believes in love at first sight. The original choreography for this ballet was created by choreographer, ballet pedagogue and former member of a prominent Czech ballet company, Monika Kysilová, who took this classical ballet title to another level. Come and see the tragic love story of two young hearts facing adversity from the very first moment, set in Verona.
In the place of today´s Hybernia Theatre, there used to be the Gothic monastery of St. Ambrose, built by Charles IV in commemoration of his coronation with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan. It was administered by Milan Benedictines. The church was heavily damaged during the Hussite wars, later it was in the possession of the Order of Friars Minor and after them, different owners. In 1630, the Irish Franciscans (Hybernia means Ireland in Latin) came here to build their monastery and in 1653-59, the early Baroque Church of the Immaculate Conception according to the design by Carl Lurago. A legend says that the Irish monks were the first in Prague to grow potatoes in the monastery gardens.
1. No one has ever surprised her as much as you by giving her the Swan Lake tickets.
A story about how an unfortunate father ended up as a ballet fan, and what happened next.
1. I don't have anyone to go with because my girlfriends are too busy.