Estates Theatre in Prague

Good evening Teri,

It is possible to tour the Estates Theatre, but it can be difficult to organise and expensive. You will either need to have a ready-made group of up to ten people or stump up 3,400CZK (about 135 USD). Tours must be organised in advance.

Alternatively, you can just go and see a show in the theatre. The season runs from September to June, and they play Mozart regularly. If there isn't a show on that you'd like to see playing on the nights that you're here (i.e. they often stage Czech-language drama there), it is still worth getting a cheap ticket just so you can wander into the auditorium and enjoy the atmosphere.

I hope that this helps.

Marcus

I was going to say, the best way to see the Estates is for a performance. I see that in addition to the June to September schedule, they are doing Don Giovanni every night at 8 pm from July 13 to August 7. Tickets start at 1390 czk (about $60 US). Mozart conducted the first performance here in 1787. Worth it.

We bought 4 tickets to Don Giovanni in September from their website (print at home) for 2200.00 Kč. I figure it's pretty much ground zero for Mozart opera. Worked perfectly. Agreed a great way to see the theater.