Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:37:17 +0200https://english.radio.cz/smetanas-litomysl-opera-festival-calls-reconciliation-8630151© 2026 Radio Prague International Every year at the beginning of summer the East-Bohemian town of Litomysl commemorates its famous native, the composer Bedrich Smetana, and in his honour organizes an international opera festival - Smetana's Litomysl. Even though Smetana's family moved out of Litomysl as early as 1831 when he was only seven, Litomysl locals are very proud of their most famous citizen and celebrated him already during his life. Later, after his death, Litomysl always made a point of commemorating the anniversary of his birth. On the occasion of the 125th anniversary in 1949 the Opera Festival was founded. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/smetanova_litomysl_oratorium_smiru.jpg?timestamp=1591474078 https://english.radio.cz/smetanas-litomysl-opera-festival-calls-reconciliation-8630151 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9