The Thalia awards for drama were won by Na Zabradlí Theater actors. Vondráčková also received a statue

“I want to thank the Theater Na zábradlí, which for me is one of the best places in the world. I want to thank Míl König, my great acting idol,” she said to obvious Keitřina Císařová. Little did she know that a few minutes later, for the awards presented at the National Theatre, King Miloslav.

“This is my fourth time here, so I should take it,” the actor said with a smile. He agreed Theater On the Railing it’s really amazing. He also thanked his colleague from Public Enemies Václav Vašák.

Císařová plays the socially outcast prostitute Káťa, tried for murder, in the Resurrection production. According to the judges, the actress gave this character a disarming nature with which she accepts difficult challenges. “Under the pressure of the situation, her body seems to have disintegrated, followed by a tortured personality. All she has to do is a small movement, a movement of a muscle and a mouth, and immediately “It separates the tragedy from the intention to overcome it,” said the reviewers.

They described König’s performance as “original and perfect”. The complex mental and emotional character of the French writer, essayist and provocateur Houellebecq in Public enemies According to them, the actor created easily and in wonderful communication with the audience.

Category of music Cen Thalia this year the Chicago production dominated, hosted by the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre. The jury praised the extraordinary performances of Markéta Schimmerová Procházková, who plays the murderer Velma Kelly, and Lukáš Vlček for the role of the lawyer Billy Flynn.

According to the jury, Schimmerová Procházková portrayed Kelly in a completely unique way that remains in the memory for a long time. “There is both subtle charm and danger in her persistent, determined fight for a place in the tabloid spotlight,” wrote the reviewers, who found the performance highly engaging.

The success of Slovak singers

Slovak singers scored in the opera category. Among the women, the soprano Soňa Godarská, who played the main role of Manon in Jules Massenet’s opera at the JK Tyla Theater in Pilsen, was successful. Of the men, the jury was delighted with Peter Berger, who played the lead role at the National Theater in Brno Dalibor in Bedrich Smetana’s opera.

“You have to dream and believe in your dreams. I never dreamed in my life that I would be an opera singer, but someone between heaven and earth made it happen and today I am standing here,” said Godarská, who recalled her career. she is not far yet, and that her prices are more important. She thanked the directors and directors with whom she has worked so far and said that she gave everything to the role of Manon.

Berger confirmed that he won the award for Dalibor in the Year of Czech Music, when the Czech Republic is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Smetan’s birth. For him, the award represents a commitment to continue putting love, humility and truth into his roles.

The Thalia Award for alternative theater goes to Martina Hajdyla Lacová for her dance performance in the Bodies in Progress project on the ME-SA dance platform. In the puppet category, Marek Bečka, Radek Beran and Vít Brukner won for their joint performance in the production Postradatelní with the Prague ensemble Buchty a loutky.

Hajdyla Lacová impressed the jury with an impressive limited-time project in which she maps the changes in her body both mentally and physically in the period between the 23rd and 38th week of pregnancy. She also came with newborn children as a reward. “In small theaters and clubs or outdoors, she maintains a public dialogue with the person who is slowly growing inside herself,” the jurors described her project.

“Puppet children, peace to the world!” the winners in the puppet category announced from the stage. “In the Postradatelní production, this is the purest example of the Buchty theater style, a recent loutky group, with the unique and special style elements – from using puppets from the family theater, through toys and put in. animators,” the jury justified their decision. According to her, the three winners make perfect use of more than three decades of co-creation, joint performance and stage unity.

A new award for a foreign artist

“> Alfred Strejček won the Thalia Award for spreading theater art on television. This year, the Academy of Czech Theater Artists honored the director Lída Engelová.

“> The award for ballet goes to Klara Jelínková from the group Dekkadancers, who played Blanche DuBois in the production Tram to the Desire Station. Coppelia.

According to the judges, Jelínková projected experiences from her rich artistic career into the role of mentally unstable Blanche. Her performance has a huge range of colors, they said. The winner thanked the audience at a ceremony in the National Theatre. “By coming to see us, you are also supporting the independent dance scene that is Dekkadancers,” she said.

According to reviewers, Holeček is a key part of the National Theater ballet company, and in the role of Franz, he also shows a sense of humor in his pantomime dialogues. “Roli loves the role from the first moment he enters the scene, he processes every move with precision, he manages even the most difficult technical sections with clarity and easy,” said the jury. When he received the award, Holeček thanked his dance masters.

Actor Viktor Preiss, singer Helena Vondráčková, soprano Naďa Šormová and dancer and choreographer Josef Kotěšovský will take home Thalia awards for lifetime competition. Actress Štěpánka Ranošová also won the award and in memory of Jan Číhal, co-founder of Ostrava’s White Theatre. Milan Kňažko received a new award for a foreign artist.

“I would like to thank one girl. Someone who gave me 57 years of her life, and that is my wife Jana. I would not be standing here without her,” he said at a ceremony in the National Theater Preiss , to which the audience gave him a long adoration. He prayed for health and peace for the people, immortality for the theater.

Vondráčková recalled how she played roles in the plays Bídníci, Hello, Dolly! or Mamma Mia. She recalled that a 60-year music career was behind her. “This award is a wonderful gift for me, I am very grateful for it and I thank everyone who has come with me on this long journey, who was my advisor and who stayed faithful to me,” she said.